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• New caregiver support group forming

• Avoiding tick-borne disease

• Easter Seals to host conference in Normal

• Illinois Senate committee approves medical marijuana
  Full Senate will consider measure

• Springfield Clinic brings gastroenterology to Lincoln

• Illinois EPA highlights Air Quality Awareness Week to promote education and safety

• ALMH offers new heart failure management program

• Fla. compounding pharmacy recalls sterile drugs

• Most pertussis cases in Illinois since 1950
  National Infant Immunization Week, April 20-27

• State health department encourages testing during STD Awareness Month

• Illinois House approves medical marijuana bill

• State health department observes National Minority Health Month

• Nearly 250 Illinois physicians endorse medical marijuana

• Autism-related workshops offered

• Ready Illinois website offers emergency preparedness tips for people with functional needs and their caregivers

• ALMH hosts National Healthcare Decisions Day open house April 16

• National Public Health Week, April 1-7:
  Improving the health of your community

• Diane Hillard-Sembell, MD, to receive national award

• Special needs registration opens
  Personal information to improve emergency response

• Memorial announces gala to benefit hospice patients

• Memorial Medical Center Foundation awards $380,000 in grants

• Merck: FDA reviewing tablet to eliminate allergy

• Jennifer Nottage, MD, joins Eye Institute at Springfield Clinic

• Record-low tuberculosis cases in Illinois -- but state remains among the highest in the nation

• More than 440 Illinois communities receive top honors for maintaining fluoride levels

• FDA: Georgia pharmacy recalling all sterile drugs

• Sport fish consumption advisory

• FDA warns of mold in recalled specialty drugs

• 'Champions' sought now for nationwide cancer prevention study coming to Springfield, Taylorville

• Memorial Medical offers rehab services to cancer survivors

• Organ transplant recipient receiving anti-rabies shots after CDC confirms rabies death in donor

• New Uniform Do-Not-Resuscitate Advance Directive form available

• FDA adds heart risk warning to popular antibiotic

• New breastfeeding support group at ALMH

• From the Logan County Department of Public Health
  National Groundwater Awareness Week, March 10-16

• ALMH offers free prenatal classes

• March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

• Flu facts
  From the Logan County Department of Public Health

• Illinois blood centers team up with legislators & American Cancer Society to call on volunteers to assist in cancer treatments & prevention

• Springfield Clinic to provide dietetics & nutrition services in Lincoln

• Norovirus outbreaks -- stay healthy, wash your hands

• Federal government announces enrollment for
  Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan ends Saturday

• 'You Are the Heart of Your Family -- Take Care of It' provides invaluable information for a healthier lifestyle

• Illinois partnering with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on coordinated care plan for Medicare and Medicaid clients

• Memorial Home Services Hospice launches speakers bureau

• Flu facts
  From the Logan County Department of Public Health

For reference

• Logan County Department of Public Health food inspection scores

• Health dept. offers tips to prevent illness

• Multiple locations now accept unused medications

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