Organization | • | Illinois Department of Public Health | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On May 24, 2012 the director of the Illinois Department Health Public, Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, will be joined by Dr. Frank Chaloupka - an international expert on cigarette taxes and their impact on public health - to discuss the health and budget benefits of a $1-per-pack cigarette tax increase. The proposed increase, when combined with matching federal funds, will curb overall tobacco use, save lives and generate nearly $700 toward closing the states $2.7 billion Medicaid deficit. | | | | Date Created: | 05 23 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 596**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043798 Original UID: 23262 FIRST WORD: Public | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is meeting on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 with local health officials and community health stake holders at the Stickney Public Health District in Burbank to discuss the future of public health in Illinois, health disparities, and chronic disease prevention during National Mens Health Week. Dr. Hasbrouck recently successfully championed the $1 per pack increase in the cigarette tax to curb tobacco use in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 06 12 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 648**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044045 Original UID: 23571 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck today shared his vision for the future of public health, eliminating health disparities and chronic disease, and providing greater access to health care in Illinois with local health officials and community health stakeholders at the Stickney Public Health District in Burbank. | | | | Date Created: | 06 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 649**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044046 Original UID: 23573 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is meeting on Friday, June 15, 2012 with local health officials and community health stake holders at the DuPage County Public Health Department discuss the future of public health in Illinois, health disparities, and chronic disease prevention during National Mens Health Week. | | | | Date Created: | 06 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 655**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044051 Original UID: 23593 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Newly appointed Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck today shared his vision for the future of public health, eliminating health disparities and chronic disease, and providing greater access to health care in Illinois with local health officials and community health stakeholders at the DuPage County Health Department in Wheaton. | | | | Date Created: | 06 15 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 659**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044053 Original UID: 23598 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is encouraging men statewide to recognize the importance of a healthy lifestyle, regular exercise and medical check-ups during National Mens Health Week. This annual observance is celebrated during the week leading up to Fathers Day. The goal of National Mens Health Week is to raise awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and screening of disease among men and boys. | | | | Date Created: | 06 11 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 641**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044082 Original UID: 23555 FIRST WORD: Advancing | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first West Nile virus positive bird detected in central Illinois for 2012. Champaign Urbana Public Health District staff collected a crow on June 12, which tested positive for West Nile virus. A bird collected in Cook County on May 16, and mosquito batches collected on May 17 and May 18 in DuPage and Cook counties, were the first West Nile virus positive specimens this year. | | | | Date Created: | 06 19 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 666**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044126 Original UID: 23647 FIRST WORD: First | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In observance of the 2012 National HIV Testing Day, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is encouraging everyone to utilize resources available statewide to get tested and learn their HIV status. | | | | Date Created: | 06 27 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 706**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044361 Original UID: 23887 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | As we head into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck reminds us of the following health tips to help avoid injury and illness during the summer. | | | | Date Created: | 06 28 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 711**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044367 Original UID: 23893 FIRST WORD: Fourth | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 June 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | With high temperatures expected to continue this weekend, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is urging Illinoisans to take preventive actions during this extremely hot weather to avoid heat-related illness, such as heat-stroke. | | | | Date Created: | 06 29 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 720**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044373 Original UID: 23901 FIRST WORD: Extreme | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 03 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck today announced a new, interactive Public Health Community Map featuring information about the quality of health care in communities throughout Illinois. Aligning with the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), the Map feature provides information about access to health care in communities statewide, and highlights socioeconomic, geographic and racial/ethnic disparities. Data for Illinois is presented geographically by region, county and for Cook County by sub-regions and zip codes. | | | | Date Created: | 07 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 734**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044391 Original UID: 23920 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus case reported in Illinois for 2012. The Cook County Health Department reported a female in her 60s became ill earlier this month. | | | | Date Created: | 07 24 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 806**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044547 Original UID: 24045 FIRST WORD: First | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Doctors have diagnosed two cases of swimmers itch, also called cercarial dermatitis, in people who swam in Lake Jacksonville last week. Swimmers itch is a rash caused by an allergic reaction to certain parasites in the water, which come from infected birds and snails. If a swimmer comes in contact with the parasite, it can burrow into the skin causing an allergic reaction and rash. | | | | Date Created: | 07 27 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 830**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044579 Original UID: 24075 FIRST WORD: At | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Health care providers are reporting a large increase in the number of pertussis cases, commonly called whooping cough, in Illinois and across the country. To kick-off National Immunization Awareness Month this August, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding parents and health care providers of the new pertussis immunization requirement for the 2012-2013 school year. | | | | Date Created: | 08 01 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 849**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044596 Original UID: 24092 FIRST WORD: Whooping | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In an effort to provide greater access to health statistics and information for health providers, local health departments and the general public statewide, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) unveiled IQuery, or Illinois Query, an interactive, community health data portal. | | | | Date Created: | 08 02 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 854**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044601 Original UID: 24097 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is awarding almost $3.5 million in We Choose Health grants to communities ready to take on the challenge of reducing heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Local coalitions consisting of community organizations, local health departments, school districts, municipalities, chambers of commerce, hospitals and health providers will receive funding to increase the availability of healthy foods, promote physically active lifestyles, reduce exposure to second-hand smoke and implement other health-focused programs. These coalitions will cover 60 Illinois counties and will impact an estimated three million people. | | | | Date Created: | 08 06 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 862**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044613 Original UID: 24106 FIRST WORD: Health | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 8 | | | | 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 four states this year Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. IDPH is working with local, state and federal health officials, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the Coles County Health Department, to identify how a child, who attended the Coles County Fair, contracted the virus last week. This child has not been hospitalized. CDC is conducting additional laboratory testing. | | | | Date Created: | 08 09 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 878**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044628 Original UID: 24121 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | As a new school season approaches, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding parents and caregivers that August is a good time to schedule dental exams for children. IDPH also will be facilitating free dental screenings during weekdays at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield from August 9-19. | | | | Date Created: | 08 09 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 876**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044629 Original UID: 24122 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first West Nile virus related death in Illinois for 2012. A DuPage County man in his 70s, who had underlying health conditions, was diagnosed with West Nile virus earlier this month and died last weekend. | | | | Date Created: | 08 20 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 929**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044734 Original UID: 24225 FIRST WORD: First | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is alerting the public to an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to cantaloupes grown on one farm in southwestern Indiana. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is collaborating in an ongoing multistate investigation to identify all possible sources of contamination and prevent additional cases of illness. | | | | Date Created: | 08 20 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 926**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044740 Original UID: 24226 FIRST WORD: Public | |
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