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County’s Love Your Heart Event Encourages San Diegans to Know Their Blood Pressure Numbers

| 6:47 PM

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The County’s Love Your Heart campaign is celebrating 13 years of supporting  San Diegans in understanding the importance of heart health through a variety of ways, including hosting no-cost blood pressure screenings at locations throughout the county and Mexico. 

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Measurement of tuberculosis test on an arm

Active TB Cases Reported on Certain Trolley and Bus Lines

| 11:00 AM

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The Tuberculosis Program in County Public Health Services (PHS), in collaboration with Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), is working to notify riders who used certain Trolley Blue and Green lines between February 16, 2023 and August 15, 2023, and bus riders and drivers who used Route 901 between April 22, 2023 and July 15, 2023, that they were potentially exposed and are at risk for tuberculosis (TB) infection.

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VIDEO: Common Questions About COVID-19 Vaccinations

| 1:41 PM

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Keeping up with the steady stream of COVID-19 information can be overwhelming. Here to help answer some of the most commonly asked questions about vaccines is  County Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H. To learn more about vaccine phases and appointment opportunities, visit coronavirus-sd.com/vaccine.