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The Board of Supervisors has accepted $2.3 million in California Department of Public Health grant funds to support healthy living education and programming in under-resourced neighborhoods across the region.
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County Vector Control crews plan to hand-spray for mosquitoes at approximately 60 homes and a community center in Oceanside to protect public health and keep mosquitoes from potentially spreading the dengue virus based on a confirmed dengue case.
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The County’s Tuberculosis Control Program is working in close collaboration with the University of California San Diego, Sweetwater Union High School District and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office to notify people who have been potentially exposed to tuberculosis (TB) in unrelated potential exposures at different sites during different time periods.
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The County of San Diego is expanding its ongoing response to South County health concerns about exposure to raw sewage flowing in the Tijuana River Valley.
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The County, City of Oceanside and other community partners celebrated the grand opening today of a new, centrally located affordable housing development in Oceanside. Greenbrier Village is a supportive housing community for people experiencing homelessness or on the brink of becoming homeless.
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“Together, we can,” was the theme for the 23rd International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) and press conference at the County Administration Center. The annual event features a garden of purple flags, each one representing an overdose death in San Diego County. This year featured 1,203 purple flags, 97 fewer flags than last year.
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County public health officials have confirmed the fourth case of measles this year in a 13-month-old resident who had recently traveled overseas.