Organization | • | Illinois Department of Public Health | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) laboratory has confirmed one case of what is known as the H3N2v influenza virus, which has now been reported in three states this year Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. IDPH is working with local health officials to alert the public on ways to reduce the risk of transmission of this virus. The confirmed case is a Boone County child with mild symptoms who had contact with swine while helping an exhibitor at the DuPage County Fair which was held in late July. | | | | Date Created: | 08-01-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 806**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051173 Original UID: 171991 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has embargoed all products produced at Trans Tofu in Chicago. During a routine inspection, IDPH found the company had been operating without hot water and therefore employees could not properly wash their hands or clean equipment. The Department also found a rodent infestation, which may have contaminated food being processed. | | | | Date Created: | 05 20 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 616**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036202 Original UID: 17300 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 November 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | November is American Diabetes Month, and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging residents to make lifestyle changes like becoming physically active, eating healthier and quitting smoking to reduce the risk of being diagnosed with the chronic but manageable disease. | | | | Date Created: | 11 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1223**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000039317 Original UID: 19897 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 November 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | November is American Diabetes Month, and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging residents to make lifestyle changes like becoming physically active and eating healthier to reduce the risk of being diagnosed with the chronic but manageable disease. Quitting smoking is also important because the leading cause of death among diabetics is heart disease. | | | | Date Created: | 11 01 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1198**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000045489 Original UID: 25035 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 February 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | During American Heart Month, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is urging Illinoisans to take good care of their hearts. IDPH encourages all men and women to learn the signs and symptoms of the nations number one killer, heart disease, and take preventative steps to lead heart healthy lives. | | | | Date Created: | 02 14 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 183**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034433 Original UID: 15991 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 January 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | During National Cervical Awareness Month, observed every January, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging regular screening for cervical cancer and vaccination for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which is the leading cause of the disease. | | | | Date Created: | 01 18 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 50**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000046298 Original UID: 25844 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 February 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Many smokeless tobacco users dont think they can quit for good, but what about for one day? The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today urges smokeless tobacco users to join the Great American Spit Out and Ditch the Dip for a Day. | | | | Date Created: | 02 23 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 143**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041355 Original UID: 21214 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 November 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging Illinois smokers to Call it Quits today by participating in the 37th annual Great American Smokeout. Held annually on the third Thursday in November, The Smokeout is a national tobacco cessation day intended to raise awareness on the dangers of tobacco and to help tobacco users quitfor at least one daywith the hope that they will quit for good. | | | | Date Created: | 11 15 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1237**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000045904 Original UID: 25465 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Every year sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, cost the U.S. healthcare system $17 billion and cost individuals even more in immediate and long-term health consequences. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) encourages residents to discuss sexual health and get tested during National STD Awareness Month in April. | | | | Date Created: | 04 18 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 385**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043114 Original UID: 22715 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 February 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is sponsoring health fairs, testing events and symposiums through its Center for Minority Health Services to encourage HIV testing and continue providing education and resources about the disease in black communities statewide. | | | | Date Created: | 02 07 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 111**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041304 Original UID: 21165 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 February 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is hosting several events through its Center for Minority Health Services encouraging HIV testing, and providing education and resources about the disease in black communities statewide. | | | | Date Created: | 02 07 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 122**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000046775 Original UID: 26312 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging people to get their blood cholesterol checked during September, National Cholesterol Education Month, and take steps to lower it if it is high. High blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for heart disease, which is the number one killer of men and women in the United States. Each year, more than a million Americans have heart attacks, and about a half million people die from heart disease according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. | | | | Date Created: | 09 08 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1028**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037825 Original UID: 18751 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 March 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHICAGO The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) joins the American Diabetes Association today in recognizing March 27, 2012 as the 24th annual diabetes Alert Day encouraging the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to determine if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. | | | | Date Created: | 03 27 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 281**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042301 Original UID: 21828 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 January 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In the continued fight against cancer, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging both girls/young women and boys/young men to talk with their health care provider this month, Cervical Health Awareness Month, about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the vaccine. Specific types of HPV can cause cervical cancer in women, while other types can cause genital warts and anal cancers in men. | | | | Date Created: | 01 12 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 28**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040445 Original UID: 20766 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 January 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In recognition of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, the Illinois Department of Public Health Office of Womens Health and STD Program are sponsoring a webinar called, The Many Issues of Human Papillomavirus and Its Prevention. | | | | Date Created: | 01 24 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034319 Original UID: 15921 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Center for Minority Health Services today hosted its first-ever Minority Health Conference to address health disparities facing many racial and ethnic communities of color in Illinois, and to strategize on solutions. More than 200 public health professionals and advocates statewide registered for the two-day conference, held in conjunction with the Illinois Public Health Association in Naperville. | | | | Date Created: | 04 04 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 330**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042501 Original UID: 22010 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 October 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press Release: IDPH kicks off new condom awareness campaign at annual conference. | | | | Date Created: | 10 24 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1158**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000046310 Original UID: 25857 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today hosted an oral health summit with stakeholders from around the state to strategize on improving oral health for Illinoisans. Oral Health Plan III: Assuring an Agenda for Action, held in conjunction with the states IFLOSS Coalition of oral health advocates, was held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum | | | | Date Created: | 04 20 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 395**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043129 Original UID: 22762 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 July 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) intends to revoke Sacred Heart Hospitals license after it abruptly closed yesterday without giving the Department the required 90 days notice. | | | | Date Created: | 07-02-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 716**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050779 Original UID: 171803 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 July 3 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is urging consumers who may have purchased Les Frres cheese made by Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Cheese, a Wisconsin producer, to dispose of it, as it has been linked to a multi-state outbreak of listeriosis. | | | | Date Created: | 07-03-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 727**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050799 Original UID: 171830 FIRST WORD: State | |
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