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Daily News public health reporter Alex Parker follows the Cook County hospital system, as well as anything that involves doctors, nurses, and diseases in Chicago.


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Here's some Friday health-related reading for you.

Elgin battles fattest city label (Trib)

UCMC CEO to step down in October (Crain's)

West Nile research focuses on neighborhood birds (Trib/ U.S. News & World Report)

Suburban schools take aim at swine flu (Bolingbrook Sun)

College students: Too stressed to sleep? (SilentNight)

Colorado town is a mircocosm of efficient health care (Trib)

Blue Cross of Illinois cuts 650 jobs (Trib)

 

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