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Fungal Meningitis
11:28 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

FDA links 133 Illinois health providers to company behind meningitis scare

The Federal Drug Administration has listed 133 medical centers in Illinois and another 81 in Wisconsin as customers of the company linked to a nation-wide outbreak of fungal meningitis

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Educating Mothers-To-Be
8:20 pm
Fri August 31, 2012

Rallies To Make "Labor Day" Better For Moms and Babies

Credit Carly Cort Schutte / Improving Birth Rally For Change, Rockford
Signs are ready to go for Rockford's Rally for Change.

Labor Day takes on another meaning Monday in dozens of American cities. Mothers, babies, and the people who love them will lead “Improving Birth: National Rallies for Change.”

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Public comment needed
1:42 pm
Fri August 31, 2012

Protecting Birds And Bats On Wind Farms

Credit Chris M / http://www.flickr.com/photos/79666107@N00/1296634467/
Bat killed by a wind turbine on Buffalo Mountain in Tennessee

Do you have any ideas about protecting birds and bats from wind turbines in Illinois, Wisconsin and six other Midwestern states?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input as it works with the states to develop a plan for habitat conservation while promoting clean energy.

Some species of bats are particularly vulnerable to striking turbines at wind energy facilities. Fish and Wildlife representative Georgia Parham says one solution may be for wind energy companies to change how they operate turbines.

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