I was sent the video below today, which was produced by Dr. Michael Greger, the director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture for The Humane Society of the United States. Since our founding, The Peggy Lillis Memorial Foundation has been raising awareness of clostridium difficile and the danger it presents …
January 31, 2012
January 21, 2012
Welcome to the Peggy Lillis Memorial Foundation’s blog. Like many organizations dedicated to raising awareness of crucial public health issues, being able to communicate with our supporters and potential supporters is key to our success. To that end, we’ll be sharing news about the foundation and the fight against C. …
January 8, 2012
In the weeks following Peggy’s death, we learned of at least 5 people who lived in and around Marine Park, who had also died from C. diff. Three of them died within weeks of Peggy. One, a man we knew from Breezy Point Surf Club, contracted C. diff while in …