Will County Board of Health Meeting March 16, 2022
WILL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Due to the sharp reduction in COVID-19 positive cases in Will County, the movement from substantial community transmission to low community transmission, the increase in ICU bed availability, and the lifting of the mask mandate by Governor Pritzker, the Board of Health President has determined that meeting in person is both practical and prudent for all meetings of the will county board of health effective march 11, 2022.
Will County Health Department
501 Ella Avenue Joliet, Il 60433
Conference Room 1005A / 1005B
March 16, 2022 – 3:00Pm
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TB Can be in Your Body, to be Awakened in Many Ways With Saturday the 24th of March being “World TB Day,” the staff at the Sunny Hill Tuberculosis Clinic of Will County is helping fight the daily battle against tuberculosis (TB). This includes the kind of tuberculosis...
IDPH Issues Warning about Synthetic Cannabinoids
Multiple Cases of Severe Bleeding, Two Deaths, from SC Users The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the death of a second individual who experienced severe bleeding and reported using synthetic cannabinoids, often called Spice, K2, or fake weed....
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Those Who Vape Shown to be Only Half as Likely to Give Up Tobacco. Smokers who also use e-cigarettes may be half as likely to give up tobacco as smokers who never vape at all, a European study suggests. Daily e-cigarette use was associated with 48 percent lower odds...
Will County Health Department Marks National Public Health Week
"This is Public Health" is the Theme With the first week of April being National Public Health Week, the Will County Health Department is working on promoting how prominent public health is all around us. The theme “This is Public Health,” created by the Association...