Healthy Chicago Podcast

CDPH recently launched the City of Chicago’s first Street Psychiatry model, a structured plan of care incorporating psychiatric and medical services being provided directly to people in community settings to close gaps in treatment and support continu

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to acknowledge survivors, their families, and those all around us impacted by domestic violence. Laura Ng (Project Manager at Department of Family & Support Services) speaks with Carla R. Gutierrez (C

This respiratory illness season, CDPH strongly recommends everyone receives the flu, COVID-19, and RSV immunizations recommended for them. Dr. Brian Borah, State Epidemiologist at Illinois Department of Public Health (and the former, frequent host of H

Often operating in obscurity, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a vital volunteer group of both medical and non-medical professionals, organized on a local basis to help provide needed services to their communities during emergencies and disasters. In thi

As we recognize Suicide Prevention Awareness Month throughout September, Patricia T. Johnson (Public Health Administrator) and Mawiyah Coates (Public Health Administrator) discuss CDPH’s Suicide Prevention Initiative; the Question, Persuade, and Refer