Organization | • | Illinois Department of Public Health | [X] |
| | | | 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: | 2012 April 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) joins communities nationwide recognizing National Public Health Week April 2-8, 2012, and raising awareness about the importance of prevention and wellness through this years theme, A Healthier America Begins Today: Join the Movement. | | | | Date Created: | 02 04 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 315**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042380 Original UID: 21925 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 3 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | With temperatures in Illinois already in the 70s and 80s this year, bats are becoming active, which means the possibility of exposure to rabies is increasing. Bats are the primary carrier of rabies in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has already had one bat test positive for rabies, and two people are undergoing post-exposure treatment after coming into contact with that rabid bat. | | | | Date Created: | 04 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 324**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042404 Original UID: 21933 FIRST WORD: Early | |
| | | 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 April 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) will be accepting birds submitted for West Nile virus testing two weeks earlier than normal. The Department will start accepting dead birds on Monday, April 16, 2012, as opposed to May 1, the date when West Nile virus surveillance began in years past. | | | | Date Created: | 04 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 369**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042555 Original UID: 22100 FIRST WORD: West | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local and federal public health agencies indicate that a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, known as Nakaochi Scrape, from Moon Marine USA Corporation is the likely source of the Salmonella Bareilly outbreak. Marine USA Corporation of Cupertino, California is voluntarily recalling 58,828 pounds of a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, labeled as Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA. The Nakaochi Scrape is associated with an outbreak of 116 cases of Salmonella Bareilly in 20 states and the District of Columbia, including 10 cases in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 04 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 377**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042628 Original UID: 22155 FIRST WORD: Raw | |
| | | 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: | 2012 April 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Help recognize the importance of vaccinations during National Infant Immunization Week by scheduling an appointment for your child to make sure they are up-to-date on their immunizations for school, including a new requirement. Illinois students entering the 6th and 9th grades next school year (2012-2013) will be required to have a school physical and show proof of receiving Tdap vaccine. Otherwise, students must have an appointment to get the vaccine or have an approved medical or religious exemption on file. Students who dont will not be allowed to attend school. | | | | Date Created: | 04 20 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 396**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043128 Original UID: 22761 FIRST WORD: Make | |
| | | 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: | 2012 April 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is proud to announce that Rosalinda DeJesus, Health Technician at the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, has been selected as the first Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Childhood Immunization Champion for the state of Illinois. The CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award is a new annual award to honor individuals who make a significant contribution toward improving public health through their work in childhood immunization. One champion from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia will be announced each year during National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), this year running April 21-28, 2012. | | | | Date Created: | 04 24 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 415**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043249 Original UID: 22860 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | An estimated 25 million Americans including seven million children suffer from asthma, a chronic respiratory disease for which attacks can range from mild to life-threatening. The prevalence has been increasing over the last two decades, and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging effective management to reduce environmental triggers of the disease during Asthma Awareness Month in May. | | | | Date Created: | 05 02 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 473**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043489 Original UID: 23014 FIRST WORD: May | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 10 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | To combat chronic diseases and the rising cost of health care, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is now accepting applications from communities ready to take on obesity and tobacco prevention in Illinois. IDPH invites local governments, school districts, community organizations, health departments and coalitions to visit the new We Choose Health website, www.wechoosehealth.illinois.gov, to learn how to apply for grant funding. | | | | Date Created: | 05 10 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 514**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043530 Original UID: 23054 FIRST WORD: How | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On Monday, May 14, 2012, newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health Acting Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will visit East St. Louis and meet with local health officials to discuss the public health system in Illinois, where it stands now and where health partners would like to see it go. The director will share his vision for the future of public health, addressing vulnerable populations, access to health care and chronic disease prevention. | | | | Date Created: | 05 11 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 519**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043539 Original UID: 23061 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On Monday, May 14, 2012, newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health Acting Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will begin convening local health officials in regional roundtables to discuss the public health system in Illinois, where it stands now and where health partners would like to see it go. The director will share his vision for the future of public health, addressing vulnerable populations, access to health care and chronic disease prevention. One of the directors priorities in preventing chronic disease is combating tobacco use and how the proposed cigarette tax can greatly help in this effort. Hear from state and local health officials as Dr. Hasbrouck tours the state working to improve public health in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 05 11 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 521**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043540 Original UID: 23062 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the third case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rodent-spread disease, in Illinois. Final confirmatory testing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be available next week. The states first case, reported in 1996, was a northwestern Illinois man who died from the disease. The second case, in 2005, was a Kankakee County resident who had worked in a greenhouse. The third case is an Iroquois County resident who first exhibited symptoms in late April of this year and was hospitalized in May with fever and shortness of breath. The patient has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering. The individual became ill after cleaning out a structure where rodents were seen. | | | | Date Created: | 05 11 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 529**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043541 Original UID: 23063 FIRST WORD: Third | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On Monday, May 14, 2012, newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health Acting Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will visit East St. Louis and meet with local health officials to discuss the public health system in Illinois, where it stands now and where health partners would like to see it go. The director will share his vision for the future of public health, addressing vulnerable populations, access to health care and chronic disease prevention. One of the directors priorities in preventing chronic disease is combating tobacco use and how the proposed cigarette tax can greatly help in this effort. Hear from state and local health officials as Dr. Hasbrouck tours the state working to improve public health in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 05 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 530**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043554 Original UID: 23073 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health Acting Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will visit Murphysboro and meet with local health officials to discuss the public health system in Illinois, where it stands now and where health partners would like to see it go. The director will share his vision for the future of public health, addressing vulnerable populations, access to health care and chronic disease prevention. One of the directors priorities in preventing chronic disease is combating tobacco use and how the proposed cigarette tax can greatly help in this effort. Hear from state and local health officials as Dr. Hasbrouck tours the state working to improve public health in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 05 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 531**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043555 Original UID: 23074 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health Acting Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will visit Champaign and meet with local health officials to discuss the public health system in Illinois, where it stands now and where health partners would like to see it go. The director will share his vision for the future of public health, addressing vulnerable populations, access to health care and chronic disease prevention. One of the directors priorities in preventing chronic disease is combating tobacco use and how the proposed cigarette tax can greatly help in this effort. Hear from state and local health officials as Dr. Hasbrouck tours the state working to improve public health in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 05 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 532**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043556 Original UID: 23075 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Acting Director, Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, today shared with local health officials in the metro east area his vision for the future of public health, eliminating health disparities and chronic disease, and providing greater access to health care in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 05 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 533**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043557 Original UID: 23076 FIRST WORD: The | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health Acting Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will visit Peoria and meet with local health officials to discuss the public health system in Illinois, where it stands now and where health partners would like to see it go. The director will share his vision for the future of public health, addressing vulnerable populations, access to health care and chronic disease prevention. One of the directors priorities in preventing chronic disease is combating tobacco use and how the proposed cigarette tax can greatly help in this effort. Hear from state and local health officials as Dr. Hasbrouck tours the state working to improve public health in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 05 15 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 539**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043560 Original UID: 23079 FIRST WORD: New | |
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