Health

County Urges Pregnant People to Get Tested, Treated to Protect Unborn from Congenital Syphilis

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Federal, state, and county health officials are urging pregnant people to get blood tests and treatment if needed to keep them from infecting their unborn child with a dangerous, sometimes deadly, and almost completely preventable disease—syphilis.

Health
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Friday is World Tuberculosis Day, Get Tested, Be Safe

| 4:48 PM

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County public health officials are encouraging at-risk San Diegans to get simple blood or skin tests to find out if they may unknowingly have a tuberculosis infection as the world observes World Tuberculosis Day Friday.

Veterans
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County Employees Honor Abandoned Veteran at Final Resting Place 

| 12:08 PM

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An average day for Tiffany Tsai usually includes some time spent leafing through case files at her desk in the County of San Diego’s Public Administrator’s Office. It is not every day that she is at Miramar National Cemetery accepting a folded flag for a three-time purple heart recipient, but on a recent late February morning that was exactly what she was doing. 

Parks and Rec
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VIDEO: New Multi-Use Sports Court Unveiled at Lincoln Acres County Park

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County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Nora Vargas joined the County of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation and its partners Thursday to celebrate the arrival of a set of retractable goal posts at Lincoln Acres County Park.