Tag: Cook County Department of Public Health

Communities, Community, Health

County Agency To Host Free Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, HIV Testing Day On March 16

Saturday, March 9, 2019 || By Community Editor || @maywoodnews

The Cook County Department of Public Health will hold a free Sexually Transmitted Infection testing event next week. The event comes several months after public health officials, along with a range of community leaders, met in Maywood to discuss the high STI rates of Proviso Township young people.

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Health

Some Proviso Suburbs Lead Suburban Cook In Sexually Transmitted Infections

Saturday, October 27, 2018 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews 

Featured image: A heat map of syphilis rates throughout suburban Cook County. | Cook County Department of Public Health 

The villages of Bellwood, Broadview, Maywood and Melrose Park have some of the highest chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections in all of suburban Cook County, according to data released by the Cook County Department of Public Health this summer.

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Environment, Notification

County’s Free Lead Paint Inspections Program Open To Maywood Homeowners

Monday, June 11, 2018 || By Community Editor || @maywoodnews 

The Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) was recently awarded a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development designed to correct lead paint hazards in homes for families that qualify.

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