Morning round up: Mental health centers to open Monday; and state hospitals feel the pinch

More on the TB scare from ABC News. So far, nobody has tested positive, but tests are ongoing.

A local task force to help rape victims is being set up. Reports the Trib:

A local task force has proposed a new plan for emergency responders that calls for nurses trained to do forensic exams, advocacy services by rape crisis centers and a "victim sensitive" approach from investigators and prosecutors. The task force was set up by the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assaults and the Cook County Survivor Response Improvement Group. While it has no funding authority, the task force plans to take its findings to law enforcement and hospital administrators in Chicago and Cook County.

The recession is pinching state hospitals, which are seeing more unisunred patients than in the past, says the downstate News-Gazette:

Three-quarters of the state's hospitals are treating increasing numbers of uninsured patients, and just more than half are seeing decreases in admissions, particularly for elective procedures people can delay, according to the Illinois State Hospital Association.

Four mental health centers in Chicago that were due to close last week - but saved by stimulus dollars - are scheduled to open Monday. But Medill Reports notes confusion remains for patients.

More from Medill: Stimulus money to help lead abatement in Chicago.

The AARP is working to make health care cheaper and more accessible in Illinois.

A new holistic approach to medicine is taking center stage in Geneva.