Feb 7, 2020 | News and Events
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) in coordination with the Illinois Poison Control Center have launched the Illinois Novel Coronavirus Hotline and email address to answer questions Local Health Departments, clinicians, and the general public may have...
Feb 5, 2020 | News and Events
This week, several planes carrying passengers from Wuhan China will arrive in three states. These locations are Travis Air Force Base in Sacramento, CA, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, CA, Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, and Eppley Airfield...
Feb 3, 2020 | News and Events
Will County Health Department Executive Director Sue Olenek stopped by WJOL Radio with WCHD PIO Steve Brandy to speak with morning host Scott Slocum about the WCHD’s new “Programs and Services Resource Guide,” plans for the opening of the new WCHD...
Jan 27, 2020 | News and Events
The WCHD (Will County Health Department) and IDPH (Illinois Department of Public Health) are investigating two health care-associated cases of Legionnaire’s disease at a senior home in Plainfield. No potential source locations outside the facility have been...
Jan 24, 2020 | News and Events
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed the second infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States has been detected in Illinois. The patient recently returned from Wuhan, China, where an outbreak of respiratory...
Jan 24, 2020 | News and Events
When it comes to helping adolescents grow into healthy and happy adults, as a first lady once said, “it takes a village.” Selina Jones, who leads the Bolingbrook High School Junior S.T.A.R.S group, knows the value of surrounding her girls with a village. S.T.A.R.S....