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
- CDC warns of new <em>E. coli </em>outbreak linked to organic carrots November 17, 2024
- California confirms first clade I mpox case November 16, 2024
- Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023 November 14, 2024
- 2023 CDC data suggest the STI epidemic may be slowing November 12, 2024
- Transcript for MMWR Telebriefing: Evidence of Recent H5 Bird Flu Infections among Dairy Workers and CDC Guidance Updates November 7, 2024
CDC Travel Notices
- Level 1 - Global Dengue November 15, 2024
- Level 2 - Chikungunya in the state of Telangana, India November 8, 2024
- 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 3 - Marburg in Rwanda October 7, 2024
- Level 2 - Clade I Mpox in Central and Eastern Africa September 19, 2024
FDA Food Safety
- IHA Beverage Issues a Voluntary Recall of Super Cinnamon Powder 4oz Because of Lead Contamination November 18, 2024
- Grimmway Farms Recalls Organic Whole and Select Organic Baby Carrots That May Be in Consumers' Homes Due to Potential E. coli Contamination November 16, 2024
- Gilster - Mary Lee Corp. Issues a Recall for Undeclared Egg Allergen in Bowl & Basket Onion Soup Mix November 12, 2024
- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall of Large Asian Sesame Salad with Chicken Due to Presence of Undeclared Egg Allergen November 8, 2024
- CIBUS Fresh, is Recalling CIBUS Fresh Products Containing Glenview Farms Spreadable Brie, 2/3lb Due to Supplier Notification of a Possible Listeria Monocytogenes November 6, 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