Oklahoma City-County Health Department

OCCHD can help with numerous health, safety, or nuisance complaints. Please ontact our Consumer Protection department, or see our General Complaint Form for more information on the types of complaints we respond to.

The Child Guidance program at OCCHD will offer developmental screenings for children birth to five years old at the following libraries on the dates listed below. READ MORE

With each passing year, the evidence of tobacco’s deadly consequences continues to grow – and now, evidence of the health dangers of secondhand smoke is well established. Smokers aren’t just harming their own health, they’re putting everyone around them at risk. READ MORE

A new year and a healthy new you is just around the corner! Join the free Total Wellness weight loss program sponsored by the Oklahoma City-County Health Department. Total Wellness is a free 12 week weight loss program and new classes are starting soon at 15 locations across the Oklahoma City metro. READ MORE

The rate of leg and foot amputations among U.S. adults aged 40 and older with diagnosed diabetes declined by 65 percent between 1996 and 2008, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published today in the journal, Diabetes Care.

More than 38 million U.S. adults binge drink an average of four times a month and the most drinks they consume on average is eight according to a new Vital Signs report form the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on binge drinking in adults.

Fewer U.S. high school students are engaging in health risk behaviors compared to their counterparts from 15 years ago, according to the 2005 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).