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Two Sweetwater Union High School District Schools Have Possible TB Exposures

| 1:47 PM

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People at two Sweetwater Union High School District schools may have been exposed to tuberculosis recently, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced today. HHSA is working with school officials to notify students and staff that may have been exposed. The first potential exposure was at San Ysidro High School between Feb. […]

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County Opens Zika Outreach Campaign

| 12:20 PM

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The County of San Diego is taking to TV, radio and even freeway billboards to remind the public that the Zika virus is still a threat here — especially to pregnant women, couples thinking about pregnancy, travelers, their families and neighbors.

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Local Public Health Emergency for Hepatitis A Outbreak Ratified by Board of Supervisors

| 4:43 PM

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At a special meeting Wednesday, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors ratified a local health emergency declared for the ongoing hepatitis A outbreak in the county. The emergency was declared on Sept. 1 by the County public health officer to raise awareness of the outbreak and allow the County to potentially ask for mutual […]