NEWS & EVENTS
WILL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT & COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
Public Announcements
Will County Health Department Releases 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment and IPLAN
The Will County Health Department and the Will County Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) Collaborative are excited to share two important new reports: the 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and the Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN).
2025-26 COVID-19 Vaccine Available
The Will County Health Department (WCHD) is informing residents that the new 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccine is available at the Will County Health Department Immunization Clinic and at the Will County Community Health Center.
Will County Warming Centers
With temperatures dropping and sub-zero wind chills being forecasted, here is a link to Will County's warming centers provided by local governments for those having issues with properly heating their homes.
ByHeart Infant Formula Product Recall
ByHeart Infant Formula has issued a nationwide recall during an ongoing investigation by the FDA and CDC of a multistate outbreak of infant botulism.
Read the Latest Environmental Health Newsletter
Read the 2025 Fourth quarter newsletter from the Will County Health Department Environmental Health Division
WCHD To Open New Milk Depot in Bolingbrook
Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes and the Will County Health Department have partnered to bring a new human milk drop-off depot to Bolingbrook, Illinois at the Will County Health Department's Northern Branch Office (323 Quadrangle Drive). The grand opening will be on June 13, 2025.
WCHD Adds 10 Additional Red Naloxone Distribution Boxes
The Will County Health Department continues its efforts to reduce opioid overdose deaths, making access to the life-saving, overdose-reversing drug Naloxone (Narcan) easier by adding 10 additional red Naloxone distribution boxes throughout the County, bringing the total number of red distribution boxes in Will County to 20.
Will County Health Department Announces New Breastfeeding Support Group Starting In August
The Will County Health Department has announced the creation of a new breastfeeding support group, called the Milk Circle. The Milk Circle will meet twice a month on the first and third Tuesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The group will hold a separate kick-off meeting on August 5, 2025, from 10:30 a.m. to Noon, before hosting its first meeting on August 19, 2025, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Infectious Disease Clinic is Latest Service at Community Health Center
The Will County Community Health Center has added an Infectious Disease (ID) Clinic to its list of medical services available to the public. The ID Clinic has partnered with the Care Clinic and specializes in the treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and HIV care while also offering general infectious disease consultations.
WCHD Expands Behavioral Health Services at Branch Offices
The Will County Health Department (WCHD) is in the process of expanding mental health services at both its Northern Branch Office in Bolingbrook and Eastern Branch Office in Monee
Have You Tested Your Well Water?
Even if you’ve never gotten sick from your well water, it is your responsibility to properly maintain your well and regularly test it to ensure you have safe drinking water. See the Fact Sheet on well testing from the IDPH.
Our Environmental Health Lab can test for bacteria and nitrate well also testing chlorine, fluoride and hardness.
Learn more about our EH Lab here.
Press Releases
Illinois Authorized to Continue Testing for Novel Coronavirus
In-State Testing for Coronavirus in Illinois Not Impacted by Issues in Other States CHICAGO – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) have confirmed that the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov)...
Illinois First State to Test for Novel Coronavirus
Statewide hotline available for questions CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is now able to conduct testing for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), making Illinois the first state to be able to do testing in state. Once specimens from...
Will County Health Department Staff – Working Together Through Work in Progress
As we await the completion of our new WCHD building, a place in which many minutes, hours, and days of public health work and community impact will be accomplished, nearly 100 staff members are bused daily to and from work in order to support the project completion....
Will County Community Health Center Reminds You: A Child’s Dental Health Starts During Pregnancy
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. Will County CHC (Community Health Center) Dental Director Dr. Sangita Garg says a child’s oral health begins during pregnancy, and the first step is to cast aside an old wives’ tale. “A common belief used to be...
IDPH and Illinois Poison Control Center team up on Hotline for Coronavirus
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...
HHS and CDC Receive Additional Flights Carrying Passengers from China
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...
WCHD Executive Director Sue Olenek Stops by WJOL to Talk about New Resource Guide, New Building, Flu Season/Caronavirus
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 Building, and Flu...
Health Department Investigating Two Confirmed Cases of Legionnaire’s Disease at Plainfield Senior Home
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...
Second travel-related case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus detected in United States; Chicago Resident
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...
Health Department Partnership Helping to Prevent Teen Pregnancy in Bolingbrook
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....
Coronavirus Information from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Use this link for information from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) on the Coronavirus issue: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/index.html
The First “R” Word in January: “Radon” Rather than “Resolution”
We are into January, and while many are thinking about resolutions they have made that may not last long term, another word that begins with “R” is very important to your long term health: RADON. Each year, January is “National Radon Action Month.” Radon is a...
Illinois Department of Public Health offers Coronavirus Information
Use this link from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to learn more about Coronavirus: http://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/diseases-a-z-list/coronavirus
Health Department Investigating Nursing Home after Single Patient Confirmed with Legionnaire’s Disease
The WCHD (Will County Health Department) and IDPH (Illinois Department of Public Health) are investigating a health care-associated case of Legionnaire’s disease at a senior home in Bolingbrook. No potential source locations outside the home have been identified....
Will County EMA Needs Your Help Filling out this Hazard Mitigation Public Survey
The Will County EMA (Emergency Management Agency) would like your help with their "2020 Will County Hazard Mitigation Public Survey." To take this survey, please go to...
Will County Health Department Goes on FAMILY RADIO to Talk FLU, VAPING, and OPIOIDS
Will County Health Department Public Information Officer Steve Brandy recently joined Family Radio (WJCH 91.9 FM in Joliet) hostess Virginia Beehn to discuss these topics: FLU SEASON: VAPING: and OPIOIDS:
Will County Community Health Center Now Has Six Bilingual Spanish Speaking Doctors and Nurse Practitioners
When Pediatrician Dr. Efrain Flores recently returned to the Will County CHC (Community Health Center) staff, Chief Executive Officer Mary Maragos knew it was a big step forward for two reasons. First, a very well-liked doctor who had been gone for seven years had...
Programs and Services Resource Guide
An Important First Step for Will County ADF Inmates: Mental Health Evaluation
The importance of mental health treatment to help prevent crime has been an especially popular topic over the last few years. But just as important as early diagnosis can be to help steer someone clear of violent and criminal tendencies in the first place, there is...
It’s Not Too Late To Get A Flu Shot
National Influenza Vaccination Week December 1-7, 2019 SPRINGFIELD – If you have not gotten your flu shot, it is not too late. Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike urges everyone six months and older who has not been vaccinated,...