Organization | • | Illinois Department of Public Health | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Bats are starting to become more 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 eight bats test positive for rabies this year. | | | | Date Created: | 06 20 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 666**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050426 Original UID: 171363 FIRST WORD: Avoid | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first West Nile virus positive mosquito batches reported in southern Illinois for 2013. IDPH collected a positive mosquito sample on June 24, 2013 from Tamaroa in Perry County and the East Side Health District collected a positive mosquito sample on June 24, 2013 from East St. Louis in St. Clair County. | | | | Date Created: | 06 26 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 682**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050480 Original UID: 171421 FIRST WORD: First | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Today is National HIV Testing Day, and 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.Today is National HIV Testing Day, and 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: | 06-27-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 686**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050492 Original UID: 171434 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | HIV/AIDS remains a serious public health issue for women and girls. In Illinois, more than 7,000 women and adolescent girls are living with HIV. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) joins healthcare advocates nationwide urging education and testing on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, observed every March 10th since 2006 | | | | Date Created: | 03-07-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 205**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050586 Original UID: 171584 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press release: The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) along with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) today presented fluoridation awards to 448 community water systems for maintaining state mandated fluoride levels every month in 2012. The awards were presented at a ceremony held today during the 2013 Illinois Section American Water Works Association Conference and Expo at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield. | | | | Date Created: | 03-19-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 267**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050587 Original UID: 171586 FIRST WORD: More | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press release: Health statistics show that homicide is the second leading cause of death for young people aged 15 to 24. For this age group, homicides account for more deaths than cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, birth defects, influenza and pneumonia combined. | | | | Date Created: | 01-18-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 53**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050602 Original UID: 171604 FIRST WORD: [Open | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), working in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of the State Guardian, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and others, is relocating 32 residents from Colonial Manor, an intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled located in Franklin County. Colonial Manor informed IDPH on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 it could not afford to stay open, only had food for approximately three and a half days, and would not be able to pay staff past Monday, March 18, 2013. The failure of the facility to notify IDPH at least 90 days before closing, as well as the inability to pay for food and staff, prompted the Department to take emergency action to ensure the health, safety and well-being of all residents. | | | | Date Created: | 03-14-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 257**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050619 Original UID: 171623 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) created a new Uniform Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Advance Directive form that offers Illinoisans more health care options. An advance directive is a written statement you and your doctor prepare, about how you want your medical decisions to be made in the future if you are no longer able to make them for yourself. The new IDPH form adds a greater level of specificity when it comes to decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and life support measures including being intubated, placed on a ventilator and fed through a tube. The new IDPH advance directive form also meets requirements to nationally be considered a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form | | | | Date Created: | 03-14-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 245**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050620 Original UID: 171624 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), working with numerous other agencies, was able to safety relocate more than 30 residents at Colonial Manor in Zeigler. Colonial Manor owners informed IDPH on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 it could not afford to stay open, only had food for approximately three and a half days, and would not be able to pay staff past Monday, March 18, 2013. The failure of the facility to notify IDPH at least 90 days before closing, as well as the inability to pay for food and staff, prompted the Department to take emergency action to ensure the health, safety and well-being of all residents. | | | | Date Created: | 03-15-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 261**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050622 Original UID: 171626 FIRST WORD: State | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced the 2013 consumption advisories for sport fish caught in Illinois waters. This year, new advisories are being issued for the following lakes and rivers are Crab Orchard Creek, Jackson County and Powderhorn Lake, Cook County. Additionally, several less-restrictive advisories have been issued this year. | | | | Date Created: | 03-16-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 260**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050628 Original UID: 171634 FIRST WORD: | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today laboratory testing confirmed a person who died and donated organs in 2011 and one of the organ recipients recently died of rabies. Three other people received organs from the same donor, including one recipient in northeastern Illinois. The recipient has no symptoms of rabies, but has started anti-rabies shots as a precaution. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with local health departments, is working to identify any hospital personnel who may need post-exposure prophylaxis, in consultation with CDC. | | | | Date Created: | 03-15-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 259**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050639 Original UID: 171644 FIRST WORD: Organ | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 April 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press release: Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck recently announced the winners of the Illinois Public Health Datapalooza App Challenge. The challenge was designed to highlight the availability and benefit of having open (readily accessible) health data from government agencies. Teams built apps or maps that provided the best use of health data in solving a problem faced by health care communities in Illinois. The challenge was announced at the first statewide Illinois Public Health Datapalooza held in November 2013, an event that brought together experts from technology and health care sectors to show how health data can be put to work in Illinois and other states. | | | | Date Created: | 04-01-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 352**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050658 Original UID: 171665 FIRST WORD: States | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 March 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press release: The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) presented fluoridation awards to 430 community water systems for maintaining state mandated fluoride levels every month in 2013. IDPH presented the awards at a ceremony held today during the 2014 Illinois Section American Water Works Association Conference and Expo at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield. | | | | Date Created: | 03-17-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 279**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050660 Original UID: 171667 FIRST WORD: More | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is recognizing March 24, 2013 as World Tuberculosis Day (TB) and encouraging Illinoisans to learn about the disease in order to help stop the spread. Illinois ranks sixth in the nation for the highest number of tuberculosis cases. While tuberculosis is not common in the United States, it is still circulating around the world | | | | Date Created: | 03-21-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 284**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050670 Original UID: 171677 FIRST WORD: | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) joins the American Diabetes Association in recognizing today as Diabetes Alert Day, to raise awareness about the disease and to encourage the public to learn whether they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. American Diabetes Alert Day is recognized every 4th Tuesday in March. | | | | Date Created: | 03-26-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 292**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050729 Original UID: 171750 FIRST WORD: | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Federal and local officials will join more than 200 healthcare providers from across the state for the 2nd annual Minority Health Conference hosted by the Illinois Department of Public Health Center for Minority Health Services. The two-day conference, held at the Chicago Marriott Naperville, in conjunction with the Illinois Public Health Association, will feature a welcome address by Deputy Governor Cristal Thomas, and examine the impact of the Affordable Care Act on minorities. | | | | Date Created: | 03-26-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 296**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050744 Original UID: 171765 FIRST WORD: IDPH | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 July 1 | | | | 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: | 07-01-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 707**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050774 Original UID: 171798 FIRST WORD: Fourth | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 July 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | If you bought frozen pomegranate seeds or a mixture containing pomegranate seeds since February, the Illinois Department of Public Health wants to make sure you check the brand before eating them. | | | | Date Created: | 07-02-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 714**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050778 Original UID: 171802 FIRST WORD: Recalled | |
| | | 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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