Category: Health Posts related to the report’s section Our Students Deserve Better Access to Whole Health Care:
Lead Still Poisoning Students
As A Just Chicago documents, health issues such as lead poisoning contribute to students’ problems in school. Not surprisingly, lead poisoning disproportionately impacts poor students. As the Chicago Tribune reports,
Children ages 5 and younger continue to be harmed…
Chicago’s Trauma and Lack of Trauma Centers
The University of Chicago closed the only adult level-one trauma center on the South Side of the city 27 years ago and is finally considering reopening it, after years of protest, and after an Illinois Department of Public Health investigation…
CPS Needs More Full-Time, Union, Certified School Nurses
CPS is once again entertaining the idea of expanded outsourcing of nurses. This is not new, unfortunately – CPS has been working with nurse staffing agencies since the early 1990’s. The number of Certified School Nurses (CSN), Licensed Practical…
On Anita Alvarez’s New Drug Policy
Posts related to the report’s section Our Students Deserve Better Access to Whole Health Care:
Lead Still Poisoning Students

Chicago’s Trauma and Lack of Trauma Centers

CPS Needs More Full-Time, Union, Certified School Nurses
