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Article: STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR ANNOUNCES RECORD LOW IN ILLINOIS FOR NEW TUBERCULOSIS CASES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 25, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 24 --The Illinois Department of Public Health issued the following news release:
In recognition of World Tuberculosis Day, Dr. Damon T. Arnold, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health announced today a record low for the number of new tuberculosis cases in Illinois. Illinois is joining in the World Tuberculosis Day global campaign, "I Am Stopping TB" and Governor Pat Quinn has issued a proclamation declaring March 24, 2009 as World TB Day in Illinois to raise awareness that the fight against tuberculosis is not over.
"Tuberculosis is not a disease many of us think about anymore thanks to the wonderful advances in medicine and the hard work of public ...