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COVID-19 cases are currently decreasing across San Diego County, but County health officials continue to urge people to get the primary vaccine series and the bivalent boosters because coronavirus is still widespread, and vaccinations protect against serious illness and death.
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Students and staff at Boys & Girls Club’s National City location and some Boys & Girl Club summer camp sites may have been exposed to tuberculosis, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) announced today.
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San Diego County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to fight the fentanyl crisis by increasing education, outreach and early intervention, working to detect “outbreaks” or clusters of overdoses, and expanding distribution of overdose medication.
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The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency is working in close collaboration with officials at San Diego Unified School District and Sweetwater Union School District to notify people who were possibly exposed to tuberculosis under separate circumstances at two different area high schools.
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Extreme heat is expected at the coast and inland valleys of San Diego County this Labor Day weekend and into early next week. The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued an excessive heat warning calling for triple digits temperatures in some inland areas and the deserts through Tuesday, Sept. 6.
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A passenger using the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) has been diagnosed with infectious pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) according to San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA).
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A homeless outreach effort in the Waterfront Park is changing lives through direct, same day assistance. The County’s Office of Homeless Solutions and Equitable Communities (HSEC) teamed up with Sheriff’s deputies, Sheriff’s resource teams and other County support teams to walk the park and engage with unsheltered individuals. County public health nurses were also standing by to help.
