2017

Chris Cooper, the Board of Health President, was recognized Saturday, October 28th, 2017, at the Those Who Excel banquet sponsored by the Illinois State Board of Education. Chris was one of 16 Student Support Personnel who received this Award of Recognition throughout the state of Illinois. Congratulations Chris! Thank you for all of your hard […]

Click here to view the 2017 Impact Report from NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers.

View the Illinois Department of Public Health’s Communicable Disease in Illinois Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 2 here.

Flame retardant chemicals are added to consumer products, such as furniture, clothing, baby products, and coverings for electronic devices, to reduce their flammability. Brominated flame retardants are a common class of chemicals that have been used widely and are associated with negative health effects such as cancer, thyroid problems, and interfering with children’s brain development. […]

September 2017The United States is in the middle of the deadliest drug crisis in our history. In Illinois and across the country, opioids are claiming more and more lives by the day. Fueled by the growing opioid epidemic, drug overdoses have now become the leading cause of death nationwide for people under the age of […]

View overdose death rates for the more commonly used drugs collected by National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention here.

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“Acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) continues to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years across the globe. However, significant challenges remain in determining the epidemiology and aetiology of, and risk factors for, ALRI, severe ALRI, and death. These challenges include addressing a number of biases in […]

By: Devin H. Mannix, Daniel B. Abrams, George S. Roadcap, Daniel R. Hadley, and Walton R. Kelly”Sandstone aquifers in Illinois have been important sources of water for municipalities and industries since the mid-1800s, and remain important in Will, Kendall, Kane, and McHenry Counties (Figure 1a). Long-term withdrawals have resulted in declining groundwater levels (also known […]