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| | 341: | | 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 | |
| 342: | | 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 | |
| 343: | | 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: | |
| 344: | | 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: | |
| 345: | | 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 | |
| 346: | | 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 | |
| 347: | | 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 | |
| 348: | | 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 | |
| 349: | | 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 | |
| 350: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 1 | | | | 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 three states this year Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. IDPH is working with local health officials to alert the public on ways to reduce the risk of transmission of this virus. The confirmed case is a Boone County child with mild symptoms who had contact with swine while helping an exhibitor at the DuPage County Fair which was held in late July. | | | | Date Created: | 08-01-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 806**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051173 Original UID: 171991 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 351: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus case reported in Illinois for 2013. The McHenry County Health Department reported a woman in her 50s became ill earlier this month. | | | | Date Created: | 08-21-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 867**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051298 Original UID: 172155 FIRST WORD: First | |
| 352: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus case reported in central Illinois for 2013. The Tazewell County Health Department reported a man in his 50s became ill earlier this month. | | | | Date Created: | 08-26-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 884**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051304 Original UID: 172190 FIRST WORD: Central | |
| 353: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 10 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and fluctuates between the second and third leading cause of deaths among adolescents in Illinois, but Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck says that suicide is a preventable public health threat, and that greater understanding and assistance for those in crisis is needed. | | | | Date Created: | 09-10-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 917**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051335 Original UID: 172225 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 354: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | September is National Preparedness Month and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is reminding all Illinoisans to use this month to make a plan and prepare an emergency supply kit for their homes. | | | | Date Created: | 09-11-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 922**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051340 Original UID: 172233 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 355: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first death of a person with West Nile virus in Illinois for 2013. An elderly Logan County resident became ill with West Nile virus in mid-August and has died. | | | | Date Created: | 09-13-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 931**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051345 Original UID: 172240 FIRST WORD: First | |
| 356: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On September 6th the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA), in cooperation with the Will County Land Use Department and DisposALL Waste Services LLC., removed an estimated 60.67 tons of waste tires for units of local government in Will County. This waste tire removal action is part of the Illinois EPAs efforts to assist units of local government (ULGs) in providing and maintaining a healthful environment for the benefit of this and future generations, established in the Illinois Constitution and Section 55.1(c) of the Environmental Protection Act. | | | | Date Created: | 09-13-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 933**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051347 Original UID: 172242 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 357: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first death of a person with West Nile virus in northern Illinois for 2013. A middle-aged man from suburban Cook County became ill with West Nile virus in late August and has died. | | | | Date Created: | 09-16-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 940**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051353 Original UID: 172248 FIRST WORD: First | |
| 358: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 October 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In recognition of International Walk to School Day, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck walked with his daughter to school today to set an example of how little steps can make a big difference in our health. Walk to School Day in the U.S. began in 1997 as a one-day event aimed at building awareness for the need for walkable communities. | | | | Date Created: | 10-09-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1015**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051595 Original UID: 172558 FIRST WORD: Battling | |
| 359: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 October 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In the Illinois Department of Public Healths (IDPH) work to ultimately reduce maternal deaths, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) recently awarded the Department a 2013 Vision Award. The ASTHO Vision Awards annually recognize outstanding health department programs and initiatives that use creative approaches to address public health needs or problems, and to promote awareness and replication of successful state health programs and initiatives. | | | | Date Created: | 10-11-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1026**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051602 Original UID: 172565 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 360: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 October 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), in conjunction with the Illinois Public Health Association, will open the 22nd Annual HIV/STD Conference Wednesday, October 16, 2013 in Springfield, to strengthen efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and STDs. | | | | Date Created: | 10-15-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1029**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051617 Original UID: 172582 FIRST WORD: 22nd | |
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