3 Easy Steps to Fight Flu
The Center fo Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months get a flu vaccination. The 2011-2012 flu shot offers protection against three different flu viruses: an H3N2 virus, an influenza B virus and the H1N1 virus that began circulating in 2009. Everyone 6 months and older should get a [...]
Swedish Covenant Hospital Receives Primary Stroke Center Certification
Swedish Covenant Hospital has earned certification by the Health Care Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) as a Level I Primary Stroke Center for meeting more than 40 standards related to stroke diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, patient and community education and follow up. This designation means our hospital has achieved the highest national standards to provide the best stroke care [...]
Chicago Senior Services Information
Assisted Living Information from the City of Chicago’s Senior Services website Assisted Living/Shared Housing Licensed Establishment Assisted Living: private pay alternative for people needing assistance with activities of daily living but wishing to live as independently as possible. Residents are not able to live by themselves but do not require constant care either. Help with eating, [...]
Bed Bugs in Illinois Making a Comeback
According the the Illinois Department of Public Health, bed bugs are on the rise in Illinois after a dramatic decline in the 1940s and 1950s. Some of the reasons for the return are more world-wide travel and today’s insecticides, which have become less effective in killing these bugs. Bed bugs are small, flat insects, usually [...]
ALERT: Vaccines Are Safe and Effective
CDPH Commissioner Bechara Choucair, M.D. reminds residents about safety and efficacy of vaccinations, to promote and protect health of children, adults January 6, 2011 As the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, my hope is that this week’s headlines about vaccine safety serve to remind Chicago residents that vaccines available today are safe and effective. They [...]
Neighborhood Healthcare Improvement
Our community will soon have greater access to quality healthcare, thanks to the State’s capital plan dollars for community health centers and the top notch organizations that provide service here. Governor Quinn announced yesterday that 14 health care centers have been awarded $30.5 million to both improve health outcomes for medically under-served residents and reduce [...]
Public Health Clinic
The Chicago Department of Public Health offers many services at locations all over the city. The Public Health clinics have Doctors, Certified Nurse Midwives, and Nurse practitioners’ that will provide services for Children, Adults, Pregnant Women, and Women seeking Birth Control or Pregnancy Tests. Primary Care services treat anyone who is sick or ill, has [...]
Family Community Resource Center
A Division of The Illinois Department of Human Services, Human Capital Development helps Illinois residents by connecting them with many programs and services including services that are offered by state agencies as well as local communities. Below is a list of the services and programs you may access by visiting the local Family Community Resource [...]
