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More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers at hundreds of U.S. facilities could go on strike for three days starting Wednesday, in the largest health care strike in the county's history.
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How do you deal with the heartbreak of losing a beloved pet? Our audience shares creative and inspiring ways to process grief — and celebrate the lives of our animal companions.
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The Baby Fold — a nonprofit and community partner to Fairview Elementary School — is using a McLean County Health Department grant for regulating student behavior.
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CEO Tony Morstatter shares that the local club is 40% of the way toward raising funds for the new facility, which will be on the west side and will offer increased behavioral health spaces.
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Mothers nationally are not provided adequate resources to deal with their mental health concerns, but Bloomington-Normal community members think they have more options than most.
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Bloomington-Normal community members are providing outlets for self-expression through art, helping intentionally and unintentionally to relieve mental health concerns for others in the area.
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Staffing shortages have been plaguing the McLean County Jail for months, but once it's up to full staff another special needs unit could open for inmates with mental health concerns.
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Central Illinois Bridge Academy — a first-of-its-kind school for the area, serving middle school and high school students with mental health concerns — is preparing for its second year of classes.
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Susan Rush, a crisis counselor at PATH, looks back on her job a year after the national suicide and crisis lifeline became operational nationally.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says 2023 could be the hottest year to date. Meanwhile, researchers are finding that as the temperature rises, people’s mental health might be worsening.