Organization | • | Illinois Department of Public Health | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, today announced a mosquito sample collected in Tazewell County has been confirmed as the first positive West Nile virus test results in Illinois this year. The Tazewell County Health Department collected the positive mosquito batch in Delavan on June 10. | | | | Date Created: | 06 14 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 698**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036322 Original UID: 17425 FIRST WORD: First | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, today announced the first birds this year in Northern Illinois testing positive for West Nile virus were found in LaSalle County. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 702**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036392 Original UID: 17513 FIRST WORD: First | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On the first day of summer, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold is warning Illinoisans to avoid contact with bats as they start becoming more active during this time of year. Bats are the primary carrier of rabies in Illinois. Thirteen bats and one bovine have tested positive for rabies already this year. | | | | Date Created: | 06 21 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 720**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036423 Original UID: 17558 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health Center for Minority Health Services is sponsoring or co-sponsoring numerous special events statewide in support of National HIV Testing Day on June 27. Approximately 240,000 people in the United States are living with HIV and don't know they are infected. | | | | Date Created: | 06 24 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 743**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036504 Original UID: 17632 FIRST WORD: National | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | As we observe the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) first report of AIDS-like disease, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold is urging Illinoisans today to get tested and learn their HIV status on National HIV Testing Day, held every June 27. | | | | Date Created: | 06 27 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 747**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036520 Original UID: 17650 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, today announced mosquitoes collected in St. Clair County are the first positive West Nile virus test results in southern Illinois this year. | | | | Date Created: | 06 29 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 764**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036534 Original UID: 17667 FIRST WORD: First | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 July 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold is offering some health tips for this years 4th of July weekend. | | | | Date Created: | 07 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 776**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036543 Original UID: 17699 FIRST WORD: Health | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, today announced mosquitoes collected in Cook and Kendall counties are the first positive West Nile virus test results in northern Illinois this year. | | | | Date Created: | 06 30 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 772**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036566 Original UID: 17696 FIRST WORD: First | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Report to General Assembly | | | | Date Created: | 07 11 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Epidemiologic Report Series 11:04 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036674 Original UID: 17761 FIRST WORD: Colorectal | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Report to General Assembly | | | | Date Created: | 06 22 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Epidemiologic Report Series 11:02 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036676 Original UID: 17763 FIRST WORD: Survey | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Report to General Assembly | | | | Date Created: | 06 29 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Epidemiologic Report Series 11:03 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036679 Original UID: 17764 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 July 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold today announced that overall, hospitals in Illinois reported fewer health care-associated infections in 2010 compared to 2009. As part of its continual update of the Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care website, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) analyzed central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) data and found more than 75 percent of Illinois hospitals had the same number, or fewer, central line-associated bloodstream infection cases in 2010 compared to 2009. | | | | Date Created: | 07 14 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 810**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036744 Original UID: 17881 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public (IDPH), along with local health departments in Illinois, is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella ser. Heidelberg infections likely caused by eating ground turkey. | | | | Date Created: | 08 02 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 874**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037021 Original UID: 18060 FIRST WORD: Public | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public (IDPH), along with local health departments in Illinois, is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) to investigate a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella ser. Heidelberg infections likely caused by eating ground turkey. | | | | Date Created: | 08 02 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 875**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037027 Original UID: 18059 FIRST WORD: Public | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus cases reported in Illinois for 2011. The Cook County Health Department reported a man in his 80s became ill earlier this month and the Franklin-Williamson Bi-County Health Department reported a man in his 30s became ill in July. | | | | Date Created: | 08 19 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 950**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037617 Original UID: 18534 FIRST WORD: First | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Report to General Assembly | | | | Date Created: | 09 21 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037705 Original UID: 18627 FIRST WORD: Report | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Under the amended Illinois Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50), starting November 15, 2011, adults born on or after January 1, 1946 in Illinois who were surrendered or adopted, can request a non-certified copy of their original Illinois birth certificate, which typically includes the birth parents name(s), age(s) and place(s) of birth. To allow birth parents who surrendered their children in Illinois for adoption to convey their wishes regarding the release of their identifying information to their surrendered child or children, the Illinois Department of Public Health is providing a Birth Parent Preference Form that will allow birth parents to request their identifying information remain confidential. | | | | Date Created: | 09 13 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1045**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037774 Original UID: 18771 FIRST WORD: Previously | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August 31 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer among women in the United States and the fifth leading cause of cancer death. A woman's risk of getting ovarian cancer is 1 in 67, and her risk of dying from it is 1 in 95. During September, National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, the Illinois Department of Public Health encourages everyone to educate the women in their lives about the symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer. | | | | Date Created: | 08 31 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1001**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037813 Original UID: 18734 FIRST WORD: September | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | During a routine inspection at Ludwig Dairy Products, Inc., in Dixon, Illinois, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) found pasteurizing equipment operating improperly, potentially allowing raw milk to be mixed with pasteurized milk and sold in dairy products. Inspectors found a system controlled pump, designed to stop the production process if raw milk pressure exceeded pasteurized pressure, was bypassed and replaced with a pump not wired into the controls. | | | | Date Created: | 09 02 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1019**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037816 Original UID: 18742 FIRST WORD: Ludwig | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | September is National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, and the Illinois Department of Public Health is reminding families that newborn screening, parental education and comprehensive care can markedly reduce this debilitating illness. | | | | Date Created: | 09 02 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1021**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037819 Original UID: 18744 FIRST WORD: September | |
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