With no new cases in more than a month, the shigella outbreak declared in October 2021 among people experiencing homelessness is over, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today.
Credit: shutterstock A wild vole ― a small, mouse-like rodent ― collected in routine monitoring in an open, rural area in Chula Vista has tested positive for hantavirus, the first local detection of the potentially deadly disease in 2022.
Now that COVID-19 vaccine boosters are available for fully vaccinated people age 12 and up, County health officials are urging eligible San Diegans to get all the recommended doses.
An independent panel of local doctors today participated in a virtual event that addressed COVID-19 misinformation brought up by members of the public at the Jan. 11 County Board of Supervisors meeting.
A total of 81 lab-confirmed influenza cases were reported in the San Diego area last week, a 40 percent decrease from the 137 cases reported the week before, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today.
The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency is reporting record numbers of new COVID-19 cases, even when factoring in that more than a third of the results from the previous three days are due to reporting delays from last week.
Due to markedly increasing COVID-19 cases and the resulting strain on the local health care system, County health officials are urging San Diegans to get all the recommended vaccines and to get tested only as necessary.
