Immunizations
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This program provides immunizations to adults and children in Lake County throughout the year. |
| Who Can Receive Services |
| Chidren 18 and younger must be Federal Vaccine for Children (VFC) eligible to receive services. Adults do not have to meet any specific age, demographic or income eligibilities. |
Population Health Services
847.377.8470 |
Main office: 2303 Dodge Avenue
Waukegan (just east of the Belvidere Medical Building) |
Main office: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Clinic hours are different than offic e hours. Please click "listing of clinic dates, times and locations" for clinic hours. Immunizations at the Waukegan clinic are by appointment only. |
Additional Information
- At the family immunization clinics, children can be immunized with all recommended and required routine immunizations.
- Children aged 18 years and younger who receive our services MUST be eligible for the Federal Vaccine For Children program. Click here to read the requirements.
- Parents or guardians must bring immunization records of their children with them.
- If a child has an immunization letter from a school nurse, it should be brought to the clinic.
- Immunizations cost $15.00 per shot, but no child is turned away due to a lack of ability to pay.
- Immunizations are also provided to adults during our family clinics. Prices for adult vaccines vary.
Flu shots are offered each year during the fall, winter and spring months to adults and children 6 months of age and older. Pneumonia shots are also offered at the flu clinics, as we as year-round during family clinics. If you would like more information on the flu or where to get a flu shot, please click here.
Immunization Links for Providers
Vaccine Education Center of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Immunization Action Coalition
World Health Organization
Every Child By Two
Vaccine Concerns
CDC Travelers Health
Vaccine Information Sheets--Safety information provided by the CDC in English print and audio formats as well as links to sites with information in other languages, including Spanish.
The Illinois Child Health Examination Code (School Health Code)
Revised Tdap rule in School Health Code
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CDC Vaccine Safety Information
Ask the Experts - Vaccine Resource for Providers
American Academy of Pediatrics
Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
Illinois Certificate of Child Health Examination (School Health Form)
Vaccines Work - CDC statistics show dramatic decline in vaccine-preventable diseases.
Administering Vaccines - dose, route, size and needle size
How to administer an IM or SC injection
Immunization Links for Patients
Vaccine Education Center of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vaccine Concerns
CDC Travelers Health
Vaccine Information Sheets - Safety information provided by the CDC in English print and audio formats as well as links to sites with information in other languages, including Spanish
Vaccines Unrelated to Autism
Reliable Sources of Vaccine Information
Vaccine Safety Resources
Vaccine Preventable Disease Information - photos
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CDC Vaccine Safety Information
General Vaccine Information
Foreign Travel Vaccinators in Lake County
Foreign Travel Vaccinators in Lake County (Spanish)
Pertussis Information - When it's more than just a cough
Pertussis Information - Spanish
Pertussis Vaccination for Parents and Caretakers of Infants
Pertussis Vaccination for Parents and Caretakers of Infants (Spanish)
Vaccine Myth: MMR and Autism
Vaccine Myth: Thimerosal and Autism
Vaccine Myth: Too Many Vaccines
Vaccine Myth: "Green" Our Vaccines
Unnecessary Vaccines
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Recommended Immunization Schedules
Children up through age 6
Children and Adolescents 7-18 years of age
Children and Adolescent Catch-Up Schedule
Adult Schedule
Lake County Flu Information
