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Maternal Child Health

Every baby deserves a healthy start. Get information and resources to assist you before, during and after pregnancy, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.

Syphilis Stops with Me

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

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.

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.

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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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

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Behavioral Health

Behavioral health includes mental illness and substance misuse. Both of these conditions are very common in adults and teens.

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Chronic Diseases

A chronic disease is any serious condition that lasts longer than three months. Chronic diseases typically can be treated, but not cured.

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Communicable Diseases

CCDPH prevents and controls the spread of communicable diseases by conducting disease surveillance, responding to outbreaks and making recommendations.

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Epidemiology

CCDPH provides comprehensive population, health behavior, disease and injury data for suburban Cook County residents and communities.

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Emergency Preparedness

Get information to help you and your family prepare for a public health emergency: “Be Aware. Get Prepared. Take Action.

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Environmental Health

CCDPH enforces Cook County and Illinois state laws related to environmental health issues within suburban Cook County.

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Health Equity

Health inequities are differences in health status between groups of people that result from unjust social inequalities between those groups.

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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?

News & Press Releases

Durbin Announces New Resources to Address Child Lead Poisoning Risks in Chicago

Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined officials from CountyCare, Cook County Health, and the Cook County Department of Public Health to unveil new proactive measures taken by all five Medicaid managed care insurance companies (MCOs) in Illinois in response to a request by Durbin and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to address lead poisoning risks to children in Chicagoland.

Cook County “Syphilis Stops with Me” Awareness Campaign Seeks to Educate Women of Childbearing Age to Prevent Newborn Syphilis

FOREST PARK, IL – Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) launched the “Syphilis Stops with Me” campaign today, to arm women of childbearing age with the knowledge they can protect their unborn babies from congenital (newborn) syphilis by getting regular prenatal care, including testing and treatment for syphilis, a common sexually transmitted infection (STI).

The Cook County Behavioral Health Symposium Presents Key Findings from the Newly Released Cook County Behavioral Health Workforce Report

Chicago – Cook County hosted a pivotal Behavioral Health Workforce Symposium today, focusing on the urgent need to address workforce shortages in mental health services across the region. This event gathered more than 300 mental health professionals, community leaders, and elected officials to discuss workforce development challenges and strategies for improvement.

Cook County Leaders Stress Importance of Flu, COVID Vaccines This Fall

September 20, 2024 – Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners joined Cook County Health (CCH) officials today to emphasize the importance of getting the latest flu and COVID-19 vaccines.

Chicago, Cook County Departments of Public Health Celebrate Lead Abatement Program Partnership with HUD

CHICAGO – Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gathered with local leaders and area residents Saturday, July 27, to celebrate the success of their lead abatement programs.

Cook County and Village of Maywood Join Forces to Address Substance Use

Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) Chief Operating Officer Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, Village of Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker, and Speaker of the Ilinois House of Representatives Emanuel (Chris) Welch held a press conference at West40 Remote School on Tuesday to announce a series of discussions, trainings and gatherings with residents and other key stakeholders, to address substance use in Maywood and the surrounding communities.

New Campaign Empowers Youth and Young Adults to “Unfriend” Tobacco and Flavored Vape Products

Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) today launched the “Unfriend Tobacco: Your Lungs, Your Rules” tobacco use prevention and cessation campaign to raise awareness among youth and young adults about the harmful effects of using flavored vape and other tobacco products. The campaign encourages individuals to make healthier lifestyle choices.

Possible Measles Exposures at Evergreen Park Sam’s Club on April 9

Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) officials are alerting anyone who may have visited the Sam’s Club at 9400 S. Western Avenue in Evergreen Park on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, between 10 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. that they may have been exposed to an individual who was contagious with measles.