Health
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More San Diegans have died from influenza this season than in all of last season, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today.
Health
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The human papilloma virus (HPV) is a common infection that can lead to certain types of cancer later in life, yet about 50% of adolescents in the nation don’t have the vaccine that can prevent it.
Health
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The County Public Health Laboratory is now able to test for the novel coronavirus, the cause of the respiratory disease COVID-19, the Health and Human Services Agency announced today.
Health
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The number of local influenza deaths increased to 74 after 11 additional fatalities were reported last week, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today.
Housing
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Fifty-six additional unsheltered people in the unincorporated areas of the region now have a roof over their head and a bed to sleep in thanks to the expansion of the County Health and Human Services Agency’s Hotel/Motel Voucher Program.
Health
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Here’s the process HHSA follows for patients who arrive at one of the 11 U.S. airports where CDC is conducting screening as people return from areas of mainland China other than Hubei province.
Health
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The Board of Supervisors today voted to ratify the County’s declaration of a local health emergency and proclamation a local emergency to deal with the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19.