Is the flu going around Des Plaines, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed the flu activity has been reported at Des Plaines, Illinois schools and daycares in the past 14 days. That can mean it is quiet, or simply that nobody nearby has logged it yet.
How Des Plaines parents can tell
- Sudden high fever
- Body aches and chills
- Dry cough and sore throat
- Unusual fatigue
Flu spreads from a day before symptoms start until about a week after, and kids shed the virus longer than adults.
Everything on this page comes from Des Plaines parents logging what their kids actually had, stripped of anything identifying. Nothing shows up until at least two families report the same thing, so one sick child never puts a school on the map.
Read the full the flu guideOther illnesses in Des Plaines
Des Plaines schools and daycares we watch for the flu
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment the flu is logged there.
- Saint Zachary School
- Domowe Przedszkole w Des Plaines
- First Steps Preschool
- Family Resource Center
- Iroquois Community School
- Science & Arts Academy
- Apollo Elementary School
- Algonquin Middle School
- Central Elementary School
- Chippewa Middle School
- North Elementary School
- Cumberland Elementary School
- Devonshire Elementary School
- Forest Elementary School
- Friendship Junior High School
- Orchard Place Elementary School
- Maine West High School
- Plainfield Elementary School
- South Elementary School
- Terrace Elementary School
Flu in nearby Illinois towns
Follow your Des Plaines school and get a heads up when the flu shows up.
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