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Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Health
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Sarah Bush Lincoln issuing visitor restrictions as flu rates spike
MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center is issuing temporary visitor restrictions as influenza and other illnesses are surging across Illinois. The health center is urging people to protect their health and the health of their patients by staying home if they are not feeling well. Children, older adults and those with compromised immune systems are most at risk for becoming ill. Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend team offering free CPR training In a Facebook post, the health center provides a list of the temporary visitor restrictions: Visitors under the age of 18 are restricted (unless they are the parent of a hospitalized child) Visitors are limited to two per patient at any one time Do not visit if you have a respiratory illness Visitors are encouraged to wear a mask if they are experiencing symptoms of acute respiratory illness such as a fever, cough or sore throat Visits to patients in isolation for influenza and other respiratory illnesses are limited to people who are necessary for the patient's emotional well-being and care. These visitors should also wear appropriate personal protective equipment supplied for the isolation rooms when they visit At every entrance of the Health Center and at all Sarah Bush Lincoln clinics, there are supplies to protect visitors from viruses. Hand sanitizer is available inside each patient room and is setup around the hospital and clinics. Visitors are asked to use hand sanitizer when they enter and exit any room. The health center also urges visitors to frequently was hands with soap and water, and that both that precaution and hand sanitizer are good options. The only exception is if hands are visibly covered in blood or body fluids, then soap and water is needed. WBGL hosting bed build day event Other ways they are urging people to protect themselves include: Covering your cough Washing your hands with soapy water for at least 20 seconds Using a paper towel to dry your hands (Air dryers help grow bacteria and spread germs) Cleaning surfaces in your home and at work, cleaning doorknobs, chair arms, telephones, keyboards, kitchen handles and other items that are often touched Getting vaccinated against the flu For additional information, contact Mara Hildebrand, BSN, RN in Infection Prevention at 217-258-7435. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- General
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One of the last members of the Tuskegee Airmen died this week
RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — As WCIA continues honoring Black History Month, one of the last members of a historic World War II team has died this week. Lieutenant Colonel Harry T. Stewart Jr. of the Tuskegee Airmen has passed away. The President of the Rantoul Historical Society said he's sad to hear the news of Stewart's death, but that the legacy of these men will live on forever. Stewart died this past Sunday at 100-years-old at his home in Michigan. Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend team offering free CPR training Stewart was one of many African Americans who were part of the Tuskegee Airman, which was a group of nearly 1,000 African American men who trained at the Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul in the 1940s. It was the first all-Black fighter pilot squadron when the U.S. Military segregated units by race. 'They were required to far exceed the normal standards. They were tested and pushed more to try and keep them out than to bring them in,' said Jim Cheek, Rantoul Historical Society President. 'And the fact that they persevered that and they showed that through persistence and hard work, they proved to the public that they were worthy to fly aircraft as well as anyone else.' He said training would last anywhere from six weeks to six months, or sometimes even a whole year. Cheek also said when they finished training, they'd continue to further their education and eventually learned to fly P-47 and P-51 planes. Stewart enlisted at the age of 18 in the Army Air Corps. He completed 43 combat missions and earned three aerial victories in a single day. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
