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Illinois Could Repeal AIDS Notification Requirement For Schools

The “universal precaution,” as defined by the Illinois Department of Public Health, is to simply assume everybody could carry a blood-borne illness.

2013/03/18

A Dozen Cases of Salmonella Confirmed in Missouri

People who recently bought cantaloupes grown in southwestern Indiana are being advised to throw them out.

2012/08/21

UPDATE: More Suspected E. coli Cases

The State Lab is testing or has tested 51 samples from individuals suspected to have the illness. So far 26 individuals have laboratory-confirmed E. coli illness.

2011/11/03

Another Case of Deadly Listeriosis in Missouri

All five of the people were sickened by eating infected cantaloupe from Jensen Farms of Granada, Colorado.

2011/10/19

St. Louis Firefighters Hit the Streets Installing Smoke Detectors

The program is almost entirely funded by donations

2011/10/07

Two weeks after a devastating tornado destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and killed 145 people, neighborhoods remain in ruins in Joplin, Missouri on June 8, 2011. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Rare, Aggressive Fungus Strikes Joplin Tornado Victims

Zygomycosis, now known as mucormycosis, is a fungal infection that spreads rapidly and can be caused by soil becoming embedded under the skin.

2011/06/10

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