vaccines

If you're one of the approximately 6,500 people in the Rockford area who'd planned on getting the second dose of the COVID vaccine from Moderna this week, you can keep your sleeve rolled down.

You've got to give credit where credit is due, even if the people you're giving credit to deserve to be sitting in a jail cell.

According to Governor Pritzker, Illinois is about to be on the receiving end of the first shipment of 109,000 dosages of COVID-19 vaccine.

The Winnebago County Health Department (WCHD) wants to remind residents that now is the time to get your flu vaccine, before influenza begins spreading in the Rockford area.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Parents in Illinois citing religious objections in refusing to have their children immunized will have to get a doctor's signature confirming they've been informed of the risks. A bill signed into law this month requires parents of children entering kindergarten and grades six and nine to provide a Certificates of Religious Exemption with a health care provider's signature

Officials at Rockford Public Schools has confirmed a case of pertussis, or whooping cough, at RESA Middle School. A letter has been sent home to families which encourages parents to look for symptoms of the illness, which include: - Runny nose - Sneezing - Low-grade fever - Cough; if untreated, gradually becomes severe and increases at night; vomiting may occur   Transmission of pertussis can be g