CCDPH
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This Is Public Health
Behavioral Health
Behavioral health includes mental illness and substance misuse. Both of these conditions are very common in adults and teens.
Chronic Diseases
A chronic disease is any serious condition that lasts longer than three months. Chronic diseases typically can be treated, but not cured.
Communicable Diseases
CCDPH prevents and controls the spread of communicable diseases by conducting disease surveillance, responding to outbreaks and making recommendations.
Epidemiology
CCDPH provides comprehensive population, health behavior, disease and injury data for suburban Cook County residents and communities.
Emergency Preparedness
Get information to help you and your family prepare for a public health emergency: “Be Aware. Get Prepared. Take Action.
Environmental Health
CCDPH enforces Cook County and Illinois state laws related to environmental health issues within suburban Cook County.
Health Equity
Health inequities are differences in health status between groups of people that result from unjust social inequalities between those groups.
Nursing Services
CCDPH provides breast and cervical cancer referral, follow-up and case management; vision and hearing screening; public health nursing; and Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention and Control.
Special Campaigns
Public Health in the News
CDC Newsroom
- Onions served at McDonald's are likely source of E. coli outbreak October 30, 2024
- Lassa Fever Suspected in Death of U.S. Traveler Returning from West Africa October 28, 2024
- More cases reported in E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders; Taylor Farms recalls onions sent to restaurants October 25, 2024
- CDC Recommends Second Dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for People 65 Years and Older and for People Who are Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised October 23, 2024
- CDC Recommends Lowering the Age for Pneumococcal Vaccination from 65 to 50 Years Old October 23, 2024
CDC Travel Notices
- Level 2 - Oropouche in Cuba October 25, 2024
- Level 1 - Oropouche in the Americas October 25, 2024
- Level 1 - Global Measles October 18, 2024
- Level 1 - Global Dengue October 15, 2024
- Level 3 - Marburg in Rwanda October 7, 2024
- Level 2 - Clade I Mpox in Central and Eastern Africa September 19, 2024
- Level 2 - Zika in the state of Maharashtra, India August 22, 2024
FDA Food Safety
- Savencia Cheese USA Announces Voluntary Recall of Select Soft Ripened Cheeses November 2, 2024
- HH Fresh Trading Corp Recalls Taiwan Enoki 200gx25pk Because of Possible Health Risk November 1, 2024
- Elevation Foods Issues Recall Due to Undeclared Soy in Hannaford Seafood Salad October 31, 2024
- A Tu Gusto, LLC Recalls Frozen Croquette Products Produced Without the Benefit of Inspection and Undeclared Allergens October 29, 2024
- Dynarex Corporation Expands Recall to Include Additional Products Due to Possible Health Risk October 28, 2024
CDC Vital Signs
- Suicide Risk Is Tied to Local Economic and Social Conditions September 10, 2024
- Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program 30 Years of Protecting Children August 13, 2024
- Drowning Increases in the U.S. May 14, 2024
- Health-Related Social Needs Can Keep Women from Getting Lifesaving Mammograms April 9, 2024
- Syphilis in Babies Reflects Health System Failures November 7, 2023