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Updated: Christie to become joint owner of Carle surgery center

Thu, 01/31/2013 - 1:13pm | Debra Pressey

Updated 6:30 p.m. Thursday

CHAMPAIGN — Several years after trying to build its own outpatient surgery, Christie Clinic is now a joint owner of the Carle SurgiCenter in Champaign.

Expansion plan brings shakeup to Ford-Iroquois health board

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 9:00am | Will Brumleve

WATSEKA — A shakeup on the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department Board is in the works as a result of disagreement over the agency's decision to expand home-health services into Indiana.

Ford-Iroquois health department to discuss Indiana service at special meeting

Tue, 01/22/2013 - 9:00am | Will Brumleve

GILMAN — Iroquois County Board Chairman Rod Copas stopped short of saying he will push for the dissolution of the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department if the agency moves forward with its controversial plan to start providing home-health services across the Indiana border.

But Copas is not denying the possibility either.

Agency to run program to keep Medicare hospital readmissions low

Fri, 01/18/2013 - 9:00am | Debra Pressey

DANVILLE — Hospital readmissions cost Medicare a lot of money, but a new program to be steered by a Danville agency could keep a lot more Medicare patients from returning to the hospital after they've been discharged.

Hospitals limit visitors due to flu outbreak

Thu, 01/17/2013 - 5:17pm | Debra Pressey

URBANA — Two local hospitals have started restricting visitors for all patients, because of the severe flu outbreak.

The restriction went into effect Thursday afternoon at Provena Covenant Medical Center and Provena United Samaritans Medical Center, with patients limited to two visitors at a time.

VA imposing visit restrictions to minimize flu

Thu, 01/17/2013 - 9:00am | The News-Gazette

DANVILLE — The Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System is putting visitor restrictions in place to minimize the spread of influenza.

Officials are asking the public to refrain from visiting the medical center's campus at 1900 E. Main St., Danville, if they have a cough, congestion, runny nose or fever. They may visit after they have not had symptoms for at least 24 hours.

County nursing home to offer respiratory therapy

Mon, 01/14/2013 - 9:41pm | Tom Kacich

URBANA — Long-discussed respiratory therapy services could be offered at the Champaign County Nursing Home as early as next Monday, the county nursing home board of directors was told Monday.

Procedure can help treat infertility in some men

Sun, 01/13/2013 - 9:00am | Debra Pressey

MAHOMET — After going through more than a decade of fertility problems, no couple may be more surprised or happy than Mahomet parents Danelle and Louis "Buddy" Bartels to learn they're expecting a baby this summer.

Flu hit local schools before winter break

Sat, 01/12/2013 - 9:00am | Noelle McGee and Meg Dickinson

Even though there's lots of talk about the flu, local schools say more students were absent because of flu-like symptoms before the winter break.

The Champaign schools' lead nurse, Margee Poole, said the school district had more absences caused by flu-like symptoms just before the district's winter break than it has since classes started again this week.

Health officials urge flu vaccines for all

Fri, 01/11/2013 - 4:56pm | Debra Pressey

CHAMPAIGN — Public health officials believe the flu outbreak hasn't yet peaked in Champaign County, and they're hoping to hold off a more severe outbreak by urging more people to get vaccinated.

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