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Nearly two years after taking on the cost to fund a pre-assessment passed on by a divided city council, the Peoria City/County Health Department is searching for the first employees for the Cure Violence initiative.
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It’s been almost a year since the Chicago-based violence prevention organization Cure Violence Global completed a “pre-assessment” of Peoria and approved implementation of its program.
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With good weather and a bit of luck, Peoria County should be cutting the ribbon on its new Health and Human Services campus by this time next year.
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You may have heard the term "tripledemic" around this time last year. The term refers to a seasonal combination of Influenza, COVID and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV.
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The implementation of the gun violence prevention program Cure Violence in Peoria’s East Bluff is at a standstill after a community nonprofit had to back out of its contract.
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The new Peoria Health and Human Services campus will host four different county departments under one roof.
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The Peoria City/County Health Department issued its 2022 report on STIs at this week’s board of health meeting. The findings show Peoria's rates are higher than state and national averages, and that race, education, poverty and access to care are among the key factors.
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Peoria County will allocate an additional $7.8 million to lock in a price for construction of the new Health and Human Services Campus.
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Construction on the new Peoria County Health and Human Services campus could begin as soon as next month.
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Public and private community leaders across Greater Peoria are thinking critically about the way we get around.