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Cook County Public Health Heroes League

Discover the extraordinary stories of the Public Health Heroes League, characters in an innovative, animated educational campaign intended to raise awareness about the role that the Cook County Department of Public Health plays in making communities healthier and safer.

Stay Healthy Cook County

Protect yourself against severe COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter season. Everyone 6 months and older should get updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines. All adults age 65 and older should get the RSV vaccine.

Syphilis Stops with Me

Prioritize prevention with early testing. Learn how to protect yourself and your baby today.

World Mpox Outbreak

On Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. To date, there are no cases of Mpox clade 1b in the U.S.

Putting the Public in Public Health

We are delighted to share our 2023-25 Strategic Plan, which reimagines CCDPH as a modern health department and chief community health strategist that is proactive and responsive, mission-driven yet nimble, but most importantly, committed to partnering with the communities we serve.

Your Voice Matters

Join dozens of hospitals, health departments and community organizations in shaping the future of community health by taking our community input survey! Spanish and Polish versions available. Click button below.

Avoid Bat Bites

Bats can carry rabies, a potentially deadly disease. If you have had physical contact with a bat, wash the affected area thoroughly with soap and water and contact a healthcare provider immediately to discuss post exposure prophylaxis. If possible, contain or capture the bat safely, so it can be tested for rabies.

Get Naloxone

Opioid-involved overdose deaths are preventable with Naloxone, an easy-to-use medicine. Be prepared.Get Naloxone. Safe a life.

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CCDPH

Do you have questions about how to apply for a job, permit, license or County Care? Perhaps you would like to file a complaint or report a food safety concern, disease outbreak, nuisance or dead bird. Or maybe you want to request medical or immunization records, information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), or locate a phone number or clinic.

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

Unfriend Tobacco

Say yes to freedom, yes to health, and yes to taking control of your life.

Fight the Bite Cook County

Protect Yourself And Your Family From Mosquito Bites

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Here to Hear You

Mental Health Campaign

Boost Up Cook County

Are you up to date on your vaccinations?

Public Health in the News