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The Test She Almost Skipped: How State-Offered Cancer Screening Made the Difference

What started as a last-minute decision became a life-changing moment. Thanks to a workplace screening offered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services Be Well initiative, Lisa Huppert of the Illinois Department of Transportation detected her skin cancer early

From Stethoscope to Fetal Echocardiogram: A Personal Story of Evolving Heart Care

February is Heart Health Awareness Month. Read below as Valerie Badillo, Assistant Deputy Director of the Illinois Office of Communication and Information, shares her personal heart health journey from open heart surgery as a child to having an echocardiogram when expecting her own child.