Health & Wellness

CHWs can help patients better understand the services available to them

An insufficient mental health care system pushes some families to give up custody of their children for care. States look for better solutions.

The relaunch is planned for April 1st.

Former Southern Illinois Healthcare CEO Rex Budde has been nominated to serve on the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board and is awaiting confirmation in the Illinois State Senate.

Southern Illinois Covid-19 Data for the week ending March 12, 2023

March is Blood Clot Awareness Month. SIUC's Julie Partridge shares her professional and personal expertise about clots, their sometimes deadly effects and their prevention.

Erythritol is used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monk fruit and keto reduced sugar products.

The bi-annual time change is the perfect time to test, inspect and replace broken or expired Smoke/CO alarms.

In 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health awarded $250 million in grants to fight COVID-19 and improve health literacy in some minority communities. Rockford was one of them. City organizations and another institution used this grant to increase health literacy.

Two behavioral health specialists are embedded within the Police Department.