In an effort to prevent hepatitis A outbreaks in Illinois, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is working with almost two dozen local health departments around the state to make hepatitis A vaccine more readily available.  States across the country, including states bordering Illinois, have been seeing hepatitis A outbreaks.  IDPH is not currently reporting any hepatitis A outbreaks. According to the CDC, from January 2017 to April 2018, there have been more than 2,500 reports of hepatitis A infections from multiple states.  Of the more than 1,900 reports for which risk factors are known, more than 1,300 (68%) people infected reported drug use (injection and non-injection), homelessness, or both. Men who have sex with men, people who use drugs, and people who do not have a home should check with their health department about a free or reduced cost hepatitis A vaccine.  Local health departments participating in the targeted hepatitis A vaccination effort are in the process of receiving vaccine.  For more information about hepatitis A, go to the IDPH website or to https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HAV/index.htm.