Aug 13, 2021 | News and Events
August 20, 2021, 8am to 10am Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist at the US National Institute of Health, helped develop an mRNA-based vaccine in early 2020. Before trials began, Corbett designed the vaccine tests on animals and measured its effectiveness in...
Aug 13, 2021 | News and Events
CDC Recommends Pregnant Women Get COVID Vaccine. The CDC today issued updated guidance recommending that people who are pregnant be vaccinated against COVID-19. In the guidance, the CDC says: “COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all people aged 12 years and older,...
Aug 10, 2021 | Slider Images
JOLIET, IL – The Will County Health Department today announced additional COVID-19 Vaccine Vaccination Clinics throughout Will County to help curb the spread of the Delta Variant and increase vaccination rates. “Over the past several weeks, we have seen positive cases...
Aug 6, 2021 | News and Events
The fourth West Nile Virus – Positive mosquito sample of the season from Will County was confirmed on Friday, August 6th; after being collected from a Will County Health Department mosquito trap at Central Park in Bolingbrook (one of 14 traps WCHD has in various...
