Events to Address “Black America’s Prostate Cancer Burden”
Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) kicks off a month of exciting events for September's Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Black America...
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September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month
Decreasing Infant Mortality—A Healthy People 2020 Objective SPRINGFIELD, IL –September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month. While Illinois has made great...
Discrimination During Adolescence has Lasting Effect on Body
Northwestern University News Decades of unjust treatment impacts stress hormone levels, researchers find • First study to suggest impact of...
IDPH Reports Four Confirmed Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease in Quincy, Including One Death
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Adams County Health Department (ACHD) are reporting four...
First 2015 Human West Nile Virus Deaths in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first two human West Nile virus related...
Respiratory Illness at Illinois Veterans’ Home-Quincy
Quincy, IL - The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced eight...
Illinois Registers First Medical Cannabis Dispensary
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (DFPR) announced the registration of its first medical cannabis...
PHEN to Address Black America’s Prostate Cancer Burden and Publish National Consensus Agenda
11th Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit takes place September 17-18, 2015, in Washington, DC Boston, MA (BlackNews.com) –...
First 2015 Human Case of West Nile Virus in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus case reported...
Chicago Doctor Warns About Sun Damage
CHICAGO, IL - Dr. Omeed Memar stresses there is no such thing as total protection against the sun. There are...
