A case of tuberculosis that may have exposed students and staff at Morse High School has been reported, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency said Friday. Public health and San Diego Unified School District officials are notifying those who were potentially exposed and will provide free TB testing. The periods of potential […]
In the midst of record-setting prescription drug deaths, the County of San Diego has received welcome news in the form of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant to strengthen efforts in the local fight against opioids.
Credit: Shutterstock The number and rate of people who died by suicide in San Diego County rose slightly again last year, according to the San Diego County Suicide Prevention Council’s 2019 Report to the Community released Thursday.
County officials remind people to protect themselves and pets when hiking after ticks collected in Sorrento Valley test positive for “rabbit fever,” tularemia. Remember to wear insect repellent, proper clothing and to use insect control products on pets that kill fleas and ticks.
Three unrelated cases of active tuberculosis have been reported, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) announced today.
A 74-year-old man from Chula Vista is the first influenza death reported this season, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today.
A second local case of measles was reported this week and the public may have exposed at three locations in the county, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency announced today. The person was fully immunized but had exposure to the 11-month-old San Diego resident who contracted measles after a recent trip […]
