Sep 24, 2020 | News and Events
This year it is more important than ever to get a flu shot. Each season, millions of Americans are sickened with flu, hundreds of thousands are hospitalized, and tens of thousands die. This season we are also battling COVID-19, another virus that can cause severe...
Sep 23, 2020 | News and Events
Youngsters are invited to help encourage proper mask usage. Learn all about YES U CAN this Saturday. This 2 to 3 PM “COVID-19 Conversation and Statewide Make Competition Rollout” for #yesUcan will feature Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr....
Sep 22, 2020 | News and Events
The Will County Health Department has found three additional WNV-positive mosquito samples from planted WCHD traps. Two were collected from a Mokena trap, and one from a Frankfort trap. This brings the total amount of positive mosquito batches collected in Will...
Sep 22, 2020 | News and Events
Flu is a contagious respiratory disease that can lead to serious illness, hospitalization, or even death. CDC recommends everyone six months and older get an annual flu vaccine. For children under two years of age, 2 doses are needed for protection. Furthermore, it’s...
Sep 21, 2020 | News and Events
When the Coronavirus pandemic first hit in early 2020, one of the biggest concerns for the WCHD (Will County Health Department) was how to continue performing their everyday services when they could often not see their clients face-to-face. One such area was in WCHD’s...
Sep 18, 2020 | News and Events
This year’s flu season in the Southern Hemisphere was weirdly mild. A surprisingly small number of people in the Southern Hemisphere have gotten the flu this year, probably because the public health measures put in place to fight COVID-19 have also limited the...
