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First Confirmed Case of COVID-19 Reported In Adams County
On March 19, 2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health and Governor JB Pritzker announced that a resident of Adams County has tested positive at the IDPH Laboratory for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
People get over sore throats, don’t they?
Dale and Sherri King thought so until late June 2023 when Dale developed a sore throat. He was diagnosed with strep throat and took a 10-day course of antibiotics. They did not help.
Here is a way to deliver on a holiday wish of “good health”
It’s common for people during the holiday season to wish others “good health.” The Blessing Foundation offers you a way to deliver on that wish with the Blessing Health System Honor Card.
Air Evac Membership
An Air Evac membership offers you the security of knowing you or your loved one, in a life- or limb-threatening emergency, will have quality on-the-scene medical care, the quickest means to the hospital, and transfer from hospital to hospital when…
Family Medicine specialists use AI to save the sight of diabetic patients
The danger of diabetes-related blindness is becoming clearer to patients of Blessing Physician Services (BPS) in Quincy, Illinois, thanks to Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.
Blessing Health Receives "Quincy's Prestigious Landscape Award"
Blessing Health received the “Quincy’s Prestigious Landscape Award” from the Quincy Tree Commission for extensive landscaping work done to the northwest corner of 12th and Broadway.
Woman finds you can have your cake and lose weight, too
Missi Clary has a unique way of describing herself before she found the Blessing Bariatric Center’s Medically Managed Weight Loss program.
There is a lot of “Myles” in these wagons!
Video games may be popular, but the fascination a child has for a wagon has remained constant throughout the years. And when the wagon is filled with toys, the fun really begins!
COVID-19 Related Death of an Adams County Resident
On April 29, 2020, the Adams County Health Department announced the first COVID-19 related death of an Adams County resident, a female in her 60s.
New level of care available to critically ill patients at Blessing Hospital
Patients experiencing severe heart or respiratory failure, or both, have access to a new level of care at Blessing Hospital through Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation technology, or ECMO for short.