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IDPH Receives Massive Donation For Synthetic Cannabinoids Treatment

The Bausch Foundation and Valeant Donate Vitamin K SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been working with the Bausch Foundation, the independent charitable organization of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (Valeant) to secure a...

Will County Board of Health Passes Resolution Calling for More “Tobacco 21” Cities

Bolingbrook Currently Will County’s One Participant With Bolingbrook’s recent passing of the Tobacco 21 ordinance, the Will County Board of Health has passed a resolution calling for more Will County municipalities to follow suit. The Board of Health took this...

Fourth Death Related to Synthetic Cannabinoids

Female Victim from Central Illinois SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the fourth death connected to synthetic cannabinoid use. The most recent death was a woman in her 30s in central Illinois. Two men, one in his 20s and...

Make Sure Your Child Is Fully Immunized

Eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, measles cases being seen again SPRINGFIELD – After two individuals with measles traveled through Chicago O’Hare airport earlier this year, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D., is asking parents...

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER’S “REACH OUT AND READ” PROGRAM NEEDS YOUR EXTRA BOOKS!

Allows Children to be Read to AND to Take Books Home The Will County Health Department Community Health Center’s “Reach out and Read” program encourages children between six months and five years of age to get started reading. This special effort takes place during...