Oak Park Department of Public Health
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Recent News About Oak Park Department of Public Health
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Chapple rumored to no longer be with Oak Park Health: 'COVID policies are equity and inclusion policies'
Oak Park Health Director Theresa Chapple rumored to no longer be with the Oak Park Health Department.
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Oak Park Health Department meeting attendee: 'Some people left, they just couldn’t handle us unmasked people'
An Oak Park resident took to Twitter to report the police were called on him at a meeting of the Oak Park Health Department.
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‘Soon we will all be vaxxed!’: Chapple advocates for young children to get vaccinated
Village of Oak Park Department of Public Health director Theresa D. Chapple is advocating vaccination in young children.
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Chapple: 'Air conditioning isn't a luxury, it's a public health prevention tool'
Village of Oak Park Department of Public Health Director Theresa D. Chapple took to Twitter to note her concern for prisoners who may be uncomfortable during the recent heat wave.
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Oak Park Health Director Chapple: time for "communities and companies" to "operationalize" their 2020 statements in favor of Black Lives Matter, "equity"
Village of Oak Park Public Health Director Theresa Chapple says its time for the "communities and companies" that made public statements in 2020 in favor of Black Lives Matter and the Marxist concept of "equity" to put their money where their mouths were.
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Oak Park Health Director Chapple: 'I like Philly's' 50% metric as it brings back mask rules
Village of Oak Park Health Department Director Theresa Chapple-McGruder is throwing her support behind Philadelphia's masking rules that have reinstituted the practice abandoned in other parts of the country long ago.
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Oak Park Health Director Chapple email: Schools have discretion on masks
Village of Oak Park Public Health Director Theresa Chapple said state rules governing K-12 schools allow them to individually decide how restrictive to be on masking students.
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Oak Park Health Director Chapple: women who have children are "birthing people," not "mothers"
Village of Oak Park Public Health Director Theresa Chapple says females who give birth to children aren't "mothers," but rather should be called "birthing people."
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Oak Park Health Chief Chapple: K-12 schools should be closed
Village of Oak Park Health Department Director Theresa Chapple-McGruder says she believes K-12 schools should be closed.
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OPRF bans winter sports, extracurriculars, cancels winter concert citing "17 new cases" of COVID-19
Oak Park & River Forest H.S. has banned all student participation in winter sports and extracurricular activities, citing “17 new COVID-19 cases,” according to school principal Gregory Johnson.
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Oak Park, River Forest consider future health concerns
The Oak Park and River Forest Community Health Stakeholder Team conducted a series of meetings in May and June to address future community health priorities.