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Residents affected by the Lilac Fire will be able to apply for special Disaster CalFresh food assistance benefits, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today. “San Diego County has been federally and state approved to offer Disaster CalFresh to those affected by the Lilac Fire,” said Rick Wanne, HHSA director of eligibility. “Emergency […]
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Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to show your heart a little love. The annual Love Your Heart Day event takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 14 at more than 150 sites in San Diego County and allows adults to get a free blood pressure screening. The event, now in its seventh year, is part of […]
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Two new, unrelated cases of active tuberculosis that may have exposed others have been reported at Crawford High School and Steele Canyon High School, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. “Symptoms of active TB include persistent cough, fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County […]
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After four weeks with no new cases associated with the local hepatitis A outbreak reported, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday ending the local health emergency. The emergency was declared on Sept. 1 by the County public health officer to raise awareness of the outbreak. Today’s action does not mean […]
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The County Board of Supervisors extended the local public health emergency for hepatitis A again on Tuesday, but efforts are now underway to transition out of the emergency amid declining case numbers. Public Health officials told the board that they were assuring all new processes and procedures were being put in place to end the […]
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Andrew Deeley and Melissa Hubbard darted around the storage room grabbing bags overflowing with gifts neatly wrapped and specially selected for their recipients. Deeley and Hubbard are deputy public administrator/guardians for the County of San Diego and through the generosity of community members and County employees, the gift bags they’re loading up will be delivered […]
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The region’s hepatitis A outbreak appears to have peaked amid a significant drop in the number of new cases reported, according to local health officials. Between May and September, there was an average of just over 84 confirmed cases per month during the height of the outbreak. That number slowed to 34 cases in October […]
