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Due to the current winter weather conditions, please do not come to the Winnebago County Health Department building on Friday, January 12, 2024. For your safety and ours, we are closing the building as of 11am. The building will reopen at 8am on Tuesday, January 16.
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CHECK YOUR HOME for Recalled food product that could contain Salmonella. Recalled food product is the 18-oz. plastic tray packages containing “BUSSETO FOODS CHARCUTERIE SAMPLER Prosciutto, Sweet Sopressata, and Dry Coppa” with lot code L075330300 and “BEST IF USED BY APR 27 24.” The products are sold as a twin pack with two 9-oz. packages Click
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The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford invites you to join TEAM (Text for Education and Management)! Do you have Type 2 Diabetes and an A1c over 7%? The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford invites you to join TEAM (Text for Education and Management)! Participants in Winnebago, Boone, Ogle and Stephenson counties
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023; 8:30 am – 1:00 pm Attend this free trauma training on “Vicarious Trauma” and “Culture & Trauma.” Training will be held from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm at Midway Village. Registration is required to attend. Register at: https://tinyurl.com/TSymposium051623.
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Free Training, Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Attend this free trauma training for Winnebago County community members. Training will be held from 5:00-8:00 pm at the RPL Nordlof Center. Register to attend at: https://tinyurl.com/impacttraumapart2.
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Mental Health Awareness Month was established in 1949 to increase awareness of the importance of mental health and wellness in Americans’ lives and to celebrate recovery from mental illness. To find out more a what you can do for your mental health and that of those in your life, click here.
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Whole Health: Prevention, Care and Wellbeing May 14-20 2023 During National Women’s Health Week (NWHW) women and girls are encouraged to reflect on their individual needs and take steps to improve and maintain their overall health. Some of the most common conditions that affect women include preventative health, health disparities, reproductive and sexual health,
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The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention have reported 13 illnesses from a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella linked to Gold Medal brand flour produced by General mills of Minneapolis, MN. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported two of the cases are in Illinois. General Mills has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of 2, 5,
Take Steps To Make Your Home A Healthy Home National Poison Prevention Week focuses on the danger of drugs and other poisons and how to keep your family safe. Nearly nine out of 10 unintentional poisonings occur in the home, and people of all ages are at risk of poisoning, from things as varied as
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Region 1 Planning Council is conducting a 2023 Healthy Community Survey on behalf of the Rockford Regional Health Council. This survey will help Rockford Regional Health Council’s Health Community Study in identifying trends in the health status of our region. The study is Rockford Regional Health Council’s data-driven approach to identifying trends in the health
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