Flu Vaccine Now Available Across San Diego
Sep. 24, 2018 | 11:52 AMReading Time: 2 minutes
The influenza vaccine is readily available across the region, the County Health and Human Services Agency is encouraging the public to get vaccinated.
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Funds Available to Fix Your Neighborhood
Sep. 21, 2018 | 10:16 AMReading Time: 2 minutes
The Community Development Block Grant is a federal program that provides annual grants to states, cities and counties.
Suicides Up in San Diego County
Sep. 13, 2018 | 9:57 AMReading Time: 2 minutes
After three years of holding steady, the number and rate of people who killed themselves in San Diego County went up in 2017.
Credit: PhotoSpin Infant Deaths Decline in San Diego
Sep. 12, 2018 | 11:40 AMReading Time: 3 minutes
The infant mortality rate in San Diego County has declined in the last 16 years and is now lower than it is in the state and the nation.
Hundreds to Celebrate Their Recovery
Sep. 5, 2018 | 8:39 AMReading Time: 2 minutes
September is National Recovery Month, a time to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who have overcome them.
Tuberculosis Treatment: There’s an App for That
Aug. 13, 2018 | 12:13 PMReading Time: 4 minutes
TB patients who are no longer contagious can take their medication wherever and whenever they like. To observe treatment, all nurses have to do is watch a video of patients taking it.
Vaccines Prevent ‘Devastating Consequences of Diseases’
Aug. 8, 2018 | 9:38 AMReading Time: 2 minutes
Vaccines have reduced disease, disability and death from a variety of infectious diseases.