In my article yesterday, I didn’t mention the tuberculosis nurse who did the heavy lifting when the woman from India was found to have drug resistant TB. Here is a press release about the award she received in October: McHENRY … Continue reading
Category Archives: TB Board
With all the talk about consolidating government, I’ve been wondering why McHenry County still has a Tuberculosis District. It is financed with $250,000 of property tax dollars a year. TB Districts were the first public health districts in Illinois. McHenry … Continue reading
With a highly unfavorable audit of Veterans dental services having been made public last week, the McHenry County Board’s Public Health Committee will interview four applicants for the Board of Health late Thursday afternoon. The applicants are David Faccone William … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Board: The McHenry County Board is accepting applications from INDIVIDUALS interested in appointment to the McHENRY COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS BOARD. One position is available for a three-year term which expires on June 30, 2018. … Continue reading
The tax district that Ann Hughes tried to abolish is looking for applicants. She argued that tuberculosis was not important enough in the scheme of things to merit a separate tax district, that the County Health Department was sufficient. Historically, … Continue reading