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Springfield - IL Dept of Public Health Reassures Illinoisans
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck has this statement: "While not easily transmittable, Ebola is a very serious virus. At this time, Ebola does not pose...
View ArticleWhat we know about transmission of the Ebola virus among humans
The Ebola virus is transmitted among humans through close and direct physical contact with infected bodily fluids, the most infectious being blood, faeces and vomit. The Ebola virus has also been...
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What You Need to Know about Ebola
A person infected with Ebola can't spread the disease until symptoms appear The time from exposure to when signs or symptoms of the disease appear (the incubation period) is 2 to 21 days, but the...
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How Ebola is Spread
Is Ebola airborne? Ebola is not a respiratory disease and is not spread through the airborne route. Can Ebola be spread by coughing or sneezing? There is no evidence that Ebola is spread by coughing...
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Ebola Update- June 2015
Travelers from Liberia are at extremely low risk of exposure to Ebola at this time. For more than two months, there have been no cases of Ebola virus disease in Liberia. On May 9, 2015, the World...
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National Preparedness Month
September is National Preparedness Month: Week 1 Throughout September, National Preparedness Month highlights hazard-focused themes leading up to the September 30 National PrepareAthon! Day. Flood is...
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AREA STUDENTS SHOWING THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN
At the upcoming Integrated Public Health and Healthcare System Preparedness Summit at Illinois State University, three ambitious Joliet West High School students will be presenting a poster they...
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JOLIET WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOSA CHAPTER MAKING IMPRESSIONS
At the recent Integrated Public Health and Healthcare System Preparedness Summit at Illinois State University, three ambitious Joliet West High School students presented a poster they created to...
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Health Department's Medical Reserve Corps Helps Feed the Joshua Arms Seniors
A mobile food pantry at a Joliet senior housing complex on Friday September 29th was there to address the lack of access to healthy food due to a recent grocery store closing. And the Will County...
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Operation Santa Drop a Huge Success
Over 30 staff and volunteers from the Will County Health Department, the Will County Health Department Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), the Stickney Township Public Health District, and students from the...
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