More Grant Funds to Help County Predict and Prepare for Disease Outbreaks
Sep. 10, 2024 | 4:19 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
More grant money is heading to San Diego County to help anticipate and prepare for future disease outbreaks.
Month: September 2024
Board Invests $2.3 Million in Healthy Living Programs
Sep. 10, 2024 | 1:17 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The Board of Supervisors has accepted $2.3 million in California Department of Public Health grant funds to support healthy living education and programming in under-resourced neighborhoods across the region.
Credit: CDC County to Hand Spray for Mosquitoes in Oceanside Area
Sep. 9, 2024 | 3:15 PMReading Time: 3 minutes
County Vector Control crews plan to hand-spray for mosquitoes at approximately 60 homes and a community center in Oceanside to protect public health and keep mosquitoes from potentially spreading the dengue virus based on a confirmed dengue case.
Days Left for Clear the Shelters Special Deal
Sep. 6, 2024 | 12:17 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
A once stray, terrified, shy and skinny black pit bull mix dog found her personality in a County Animal Services foster care placement and now has a new family who love and treasure her. Rita, now 2 years old, has her forever family.
Credit: Shutterstock County Reports Three Non-Connected TB Exposures
Sep. 5, 2024 | 2:54 PMReading Time: 3 minutes
The County’s Tuberculosis Control Program is working in close collaboration with the University of California San Diego, Sweetwater Union High School District and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office to notify people who have been potentially exposed to tuberculosis (TB) in unrelated potential exposures at different sites during different time periods.
County Expands its Health-Focused Response to Tijuana River Valley Sewage Crisis
Sep. 5, 2024 | 1:08 PMReading Time: 3 minutes
The County of San Diego is expanding its ongoing response to South County health concerns about exposure to raw sewage flowing in the Tijuana River Valley.
Greenbrier Village Offers Affordable Housing in Oceanside
Sep. 4, 2024 | 3:58 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The County, City of Oceanside and other community partners celebrated the grand opening today of a new, centrally located affordable housing development in Oceanside. Greenbrier Village is a supportive housing community for people experiencing homelessness or on the brink of becoming homeless.