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Article: STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR WHITAKER, REP. SACIA ATTEND STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRAINING EXERCISE

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February 10, 2006
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The Illinois Department of Public Health issued the following news release:

State Public Health Director Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, Representative Jim Sacia (R-Freeport) and other area officials attended the Stephenson County Health Department training exercise today designed to evaluate the department's plan for dispensing medications from the Strategic National Stockpile during a bioterrorism event.

"Having a stockpile of medications to be used during a bioterrorism incident, pandemic flu outbreak or other disaster doesn't do any good if we can get them to the people who need them, when they need them," said Dr. Whitaker. "This training exercise is a great way to determine what works and what ...

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