Contact: Christian John Lillis 917-364-4658 christian@peggyfoundation.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2019 (Brooklyn, New York). Peggy Lillis Foundation (PLF) announced today it will convene its fourth National C. diff Summit and Lobby Day on Monday, April 8, 2019 at the Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. The …
PLF’s executive director was interviewed by Yitzi Weiner for Thrive Global’s “5 Things I Wish I Knew” “While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments do the best they can, C. diff and other HAIs are likely undercounted. Policymakers should ensure that the public knows …
Posted Aug 23, 2018 at 5:00 AM They may be the two most forgotten words in the debate about the Affordable Care Act. “Patient protection” is the term that actually begins the official name of the landmark law, often called Obamacare. The law remains in the crosshairs of partisan efforts to repeal it. This month …
Our executive director Christian John Lillis and advocate Nancy Oliver published an op-ed in the Akron Beacon Journal. Get ready to fight the menace of superbugs Superbug infections pose a significant threat to the well-being of Ohioans, young and old. These are infections that have become resistant to many antibiotics …
Written by Angela Kelly. The Columbus Dispatch Publishes Opinion Piece by PLF Advocate Peggy Lillis Foundation Advocate Christina McDuffie’s experience with C. diff appears in The Columbus Dispatch. “Imagine being hit by an invisible car. That’s what infection by Clostridium difficile, or C. diff., felt like when it shut down …
