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Participate in Strike Out Stroke Day at Petco Park on Sept. 2, when the Padres play off against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Information about warning signs and prevention will be provided to those in attendance.
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With high temperatures blanketing most of San Diego County throughout the week, County health officials are reminding the public to take precautions to avoid heat-related illnesses and pay extra attention to children, the elderly and pets. The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued an excessive heat warning effective through Saturday at 10 p.m. that […]
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The ongoing hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego County has claimed 14 lives and hospitalized 246 people among the reported 352 cases. Approximately 70 percent of the cases have been among people who are homeless, use illicit drugs or a combination of those two factors. The County has been increasing efforts to vaccinate these target […]
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The County of San Diego is studying how to improve access to and quality of emergency medical services provided in San Diego County’s backcountry, which includes rural and desert communities.
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Zika is still a threat in San Diego County — especially to pregnant women and women who may become pregnant. And people should still be dumping out standing water around homes to fight the invasive Aedes mosquitoes that can potentially transmit Zika if they first bite a person with the virus.
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The risk of students getting sick while in school continues to diminish. That’s because the number of vaccinated kindergarten and 7th grade students keeps going up.
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The days of a mother or father having to take a whole day off work and drag their kids to sit in a government office waiting for hours to get food assistance are long gone – much like the days when food stamps came in a book of coupons. Nowadays, someone applying for CalFresh benefits […]