Health
Close up of Public Health nurse holding JYNNEOS vaccine and injection

County to Offer Mpox Vaccines and other Services at Pride Festival

| 8:25 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Pride festival goers can get Mpox vaccines, chill out in the senior cool zone and wave hello to County Library workers as they are honored as grand marshals during the annual Pride Parade this weekend.  

Health
group of people with hard hats shovel dirt

County Breaks Ground on East County Crisis Stabilization Unit

| 3:29 PM

Reading Time: 3 minutes

The County of San Diego and partner agencies broke ground on the region’s seventh Crisis Stabilization Unit Thursday. The “CSUs” are designed to give many people who are in the midst of a behavioral health crisis a calm and better place to become stable and recover than emergency rooms, hospitals or jails.

Health
Measurement of tuberculosis test on an arm

TB Exposure Reported at Edgemoor Skilled Nursing Facility

| 5:20 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

The County’s Tuberculosis Control Program and Edgemoor Skilled Nursing Facility are working to notify residents, employees, contractors, and visitors potentially exposed to tuberculosis (TB) between Dec. 13, 2023 to July 8, 2024.    

Health
Tuberculosis sign with stethoscope Credit: Shutterstock

TB Exposure Reported at Father Joe’s Paul Mirabile Center

| 2:12 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

The County’s Tuberculosis Program is working in close collaboration with Father Joe’s Villages to notify residents, employees, and volunteers potentially exposed to tuberculosis (TB) at the Paul Mirabile Center (PMC) at Father Joe’s Villages, at 1501 Imperial Ave., San Diego, CA, 92101. 

Health
Public Health Advocate Camp sign for registration

County Empowers Teens to Become Public Health Advocates

| 8:03 AM

Reading Time: < 1 minute

County Public Health Services is teaming up with the San Diego County Office of Education to host the second annual Public Health Advocate Camp for high school students.