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Get Rid of Your Unused, Expired Prescription Drugs 

| 4:17 PM

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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday, and the County is encouraging community members to collect their unused and expired medications and take them to a drop off location around the County.  

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County Reports Second Locally Acquired Dengue Case   

| 8:45 AM

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The County is investigating a second case of locally acquired dengue. This second case is not related to the first case of locally acquired dengue that occurred earlier this month in Escondido.  

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Tijuana River Valley Health Assessment in Partnership with CDC Begins 

| 7:04 AM

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in San Diego working with County public health staff and volunteers to interview people who live near the Tijuana River Valley about their experiences with sewage pollution in the area.  

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County Invites you to Check Your Mood 

| 12:37 PM

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When was the last time you asked yourself “How are you feeling?” It’s something we ask others all the time but less often do we ask the same of ourselves. The County’s Check Your Mood Day is an opportunity to do just that. 

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County’s Aging Roadmap Highlights Needs of Growing Population

| 1:38 PM

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The County’s Board of Supervisors recently received an update on the Aging Roadmap, which serves as the County’s framework for creating supportive and inclusive communities where people of all ages and abilities have broad and equitable opportunities to thrive. 

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County Distributing Information to Residents Ahead of CDC Community Health Assessment

| 4:36 PM

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County Public Health staff and volunteers will walk door-to-door in South County neighborhoods Thursday handing out information about an upcoming community health assessment, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address sewage pollution along the Tijuana River Valley.  

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Wild Bat Found Inside Safari Park Tests Positive for Rabies 

| 10:02 AM

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County public health officials are looking for people who may have come in contact with a bat found at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Monday, Sept. 23 at 2:15 p.m. that later tested positive for rabies. The wild bat was not one that is on habitat at the Safari Park.