News Releases

Jun 8, 2022
Chicago Department of Public Health Hosts Free Community Screening and Panel Discussion of the Award-Winning Feature Documentary Film, Tipping the Pain Scale
Feb 14, 2022
Mayor Lightfoot Joins City Leaders and Community Advocates to Shine a Spotlight on Increasing Rates of Domestic Violence
Nov 18, 2021
Mayor Lightfoot, Chicago Department of Public Health and Partners Launch Pilot Program Providing Services for People Who Cause Harm in Intimate-Partner Relationships
Aug 23, 2021
City to Spray Insecticide Wednesday to Kill Mosquitoes
Aug 19, 2021
Chicago Department of Public Health reports a decrease in opioid-related deaths in the city in the first half of 2021
Aug 5, 2021
Mayor Lightfoot Announces the City's First-Ever Community Safety Coordination Center
Jun 15, 2021
Chicago Department of Public Health Releases The State of Health for Blacks in Chicago, the first report of its kind focusing exclusively on the health of Black Chicagoans
Jun 7, 2021
Mayor Lightfoot Announces ‘Holding Healing Spaces for Youth’ Virtual Conference
Feb 2, 2021
Mayor Lightfoot Establishing New Gender-Based Violence Advisory Group
Feb 1, 2021
Mayor Lightfoot Take Latest Action Against E-Cigarette Industry
Sep 14, 2020
Youth Cigarette Use Reaches New Low in Chicago, Although Vaping is on the Rise and Racial Differences Increase
Sep 9, 2020
City Council Passes Ordinance Banning the Sale of Flavored Vaping Products as The City Takes Another Important Step to Protect the Health of Young People
Aug 31, 2020
Chicago Department of Public Health Responds to Rising Number of Opioid Overdoses Centered on the City’s West Side
Aug 20, 2020
Chicago Department of Public Health Announces Request for Proposals to Expand Access to Trauma-Informed Mental Health Services in Communities of High Need
May 21, 2020
Mayor Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health Announce Expanded Mental Health Supports Amid COVID-19 Response
Apr 21, 2020
Mayor Lightfoot Announces $7.5 Million Awarded to More Than 10 Community-Based Street Outreach and Victim Services Organizations in Communities at Highest Risk of Violence
Mar 27, 2012
CDPH Recognizes LGBT Health Awareness and Highlights the Importance of Quitting Smoking