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Measles cases have spiked in Illinois and across the U.S. as vaccination rates have slipped in recent years.
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Planned Parenthood of Illinois' senior director of public policy and advocacy spoke at an event organized by the League of Women Voters of McLean County on Tuesday evening.
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The McLean County Center for Human Services is offering two public training courses related to mental health, with funding coming from a federal grant.
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The five additives, including red dye No. 3, would be banned from retail sales of foods and beverages in Illinois by 2027.
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The Bloomington-based shelter received a state grant to help expand medical respite.
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A service club in Normal has helped save countless lives by limiting the spread of malaria. Drake Zimmerman of the Normal Rotary Club launched the Malaria Project over 30 years ago after seeing a new medicine that cures the tropical disease.
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An immigration rights advocate says more than 75 migrants bused from the southern border since 2022 are already living in McLean County.
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The state of Illinois has set up a new intake center in Chicago for migrants brought to the state. McLean County Emergency Management Agency Director Cathy Beck says the county would arrange transportation for migrants to travel to the intake center if buses arrive in McLean County.
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First-year medical residents train in simulations for intubation and central line insertion.
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The state of Illinois has approved a $17.77 million expansion of OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. The hospital will add 25 beds to the current 152-bed total; 10 will be medical-surgical care beds and 15 will be for intensive care patients.
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Illinois State Board of Education released a report Friday detailing where counties fall in meeting state requirements for youth mental health screening in schools. McLean County seems to be doing well.
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Migrants who already struggle to talk about their trauma find a persistent shortage of mental health workers. Support groups are trying to fill the void.