Organization | • | Illinois Department of Public Health | [X] |
| | 101: | | 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 | |
| 102: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is hosting the 20th annual HIV/STD Conference September 14-15, 2011, focusing on the theme of Looking Back, Moving Forward. The two-day conference will build on strategies for preventing the further spread of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, and will feature presentations by some of the states foremost infectious diseases experts. Conference participants include health practitioners, health department personnel, counselors and other community-based agency staff and others working directly with people directly affected by HIV/AIDS and STDs. | | | | Date Created: | 09 13 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1048**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037933 Original UID: 18895 FIRST WORD: 20th | |
| 103: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first West Nile virus related death in Illinois for 2011. A Cook County man in his 60s, who had underlying health conditions, was diagnosed with West Nile virus in August and died earlier this month. | | | | Date Created: | 09 20 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1075**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037939 Original UID: 18946 FIRST WORD: First | |
| 104: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Influenza vaccine is starting to arrive at local health departments, pharmacies and health care facilities around the state. The Illinois Department of Public Health, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is recommending people get vaccinated as soon as possible. | | | | Date Created: | 09 14 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1052**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037943 Original UID: 18907 FIRST WORD: Annual | |
| 105: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A total of 35 people in 10 states have been infected in the multistate outbreak of listeriosis linked to Rocky Ford Cantaloupes shipped by Jensen Farms in Colorado, including a suburban Cook County woman, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed. | | | | Date Created: | 09 19 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1071**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037947 Original UID: 18938 FIRST WORD: Public | |
| 106: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with local health departments in Illinois, is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of listeriosis, a serious infection caused by eating food contaminated with the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in this instance linked to Rocky Ford Cantaloupes shipped by Jensen Farms in Colorado. | | | | Date Created: | 09 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1065**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000037957 Original UID: 18937 FIRST WORD: Public | |
| 107: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus case reported in central Illinois for 2011. The Coles County Health Department is reporting a child tested positive for West Nile virus. | | | | Date Created: | 09 22 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1093**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000038279 Original UID: 19021 FIRST WORD: First | |
| 108: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | September 28, 2011 is World Rabies Day, a global campaign to spread the word about rabies prevention. With the theme, Working Together to Make Rabies History!, the World Rabies day initiative was founded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Alliance for Rabies Control to bring people around the world together to address rabies control and prevention. | | | | Date Created: | 09 27 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1101**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000038348 Original UID: 19031 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 109: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On October 1, 2011, licensed swimming facilities in Illinois must comply with state suction entrapment regulations or they will be closed in an effort to protect the public health. Roughly 85 percent of all licensed swimming facilities in Illinois have already complied, but there are approximately 500 municipal, park district, school and hotel pools still out of compliance. | | | | Date Created: | 09 30 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1110**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000038364 Original UID: 19041 FIRST WORD: Deadline | |
| 110: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Report to General Assembly on Abortion Statistics | | | | Date Created: | 12 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000038849 Original UID: 19420 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 111: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Report to General Assembly from the Illinois Stroke Task Force for 2011 | | | | Date Created: | 12 20 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000038851 Original UID: 19422 FIRST WORD: Annual | |
| 112: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Report to General Assembly, Identified Offenders in Nursing Homes by Facility | | | | Date Created: | 12 29 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000038857 Original UID: 19428 FIRST WORD: Identified | |
| 113: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Almost a quarter of a million children in the United States have blood lead levels high enough to cause significant damage to their health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) identified approximately 3,300 Illinois children last year with elevated blood lead levels, one of the highest numbers in the country. | | | | Date Created: | 10 21 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1176**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000039050 Original UID: 19639 FIRST WORD: Lead | |
| 114: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Review and update for the Illinois Cancer Mortality Review 1986 to 2006 | | | | Date Created: | 01 06 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Epidemiologic Report Series 11:08 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000039073 Original UID: 19599 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 115: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 November 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This week, a U.S. District Court blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from requiring tobacco companies to include graphic warning labels on all cigarette packages and advertisements beginning next September. These requirements were to be the first change to U.S. cigarette warning labels in 25 years, following the 2009 decision by Congress to make the FDA responsible for regulating tobacco products. Although cigarette packs already carry text warnings from the U.S. Surgeon General, the new warnings would have been larger and contained color graphics depicting the health consequences of smoking, including diseased lungs, dead bodies and rotting teeth. | | | | Date Created: | 11 08 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1252**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000039187 Original UID: 19771 FIRST WORD: IDPH's | |
| 116: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Landshire, Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri is voluntarily recalling its Nike All-American and Nike Super Poor Boy sandwiches because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) discovered the problem after two samples from the companys production plant in Caseyville, IL. tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. | | | | Date Created: | 10 26 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1194**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000039232 Original UID: 19813 FIRST WORD: Landshire | |
| 117: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public (IDPH), along with local health departments in Illinois, are investigating a case of shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli, or E. coli STEC bacteria illness reported in St. Clair County. Further investigation and laboratory testing will allow authorities to determine if this case is linked to those in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Public health authorities in Illinois will investigate any newly reported cases of STEC to determine if they may be linked to this outbreak. | | | | Date Created: | 10 28 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1211**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000039241 Original UID: 19830 FIRST WORD: Public | |
| 118: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October 31 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Crazy Sexy Life and Women Have Balls are just two of the sessions during this years Illinois Womens Health Conference at the Hilton Springfield Hotel beginning Wednesday, November 2, 2011. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Office of Womens Health, along with the Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA), will host hundreds of public health and medical educators, dieticians, nurses, physicians, physician assistants and others interested in womens health issues during the two-day conference, which is open to the public. This years conference topics include cardiovascular disease, birth control effects, nutrition, obesity and healthy lifestyle. | | | | Date Created: | 10 31 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1220**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000039286 Original UID: 19861 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 119: | | 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 | |
| 120: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 November 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15, 2011 is the first day adopted or surrendered adults can submit a request for a non-certified copy of their original Illinois birth certificate. Under the amended Illinois Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50), 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. | | | | Date Created: | 11 14 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 1269**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000039372 Original UID: 19950 FIRST WORD: Adoptee | |
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