Bite-Sized Tips for National Nutrition Month
Mar. 27, 2023 | 10:23 AMReading Time: 2 minutes
March is National Nutrition Month, an annual month of action that promotes healthy habits and food choices.
Health
County Urges Pregnant People to Get Tested, Treated to Protect Unborn from Congenital Syphilis
Mar. 23, 2023 | 8:44 AMReading Time: 3 minutes
Federal, state, and county health officials are urging pregnant people to get blood tests and treatment if needed to keep them from infecting their unborn child with a dangerous, sometimes deadly, and almost completely preventable disease—syphilis.
Credit: Shutterstock Friday is World Tuberculosis Day, Get Tested, Be Safe
Mar. 22, 2023 | 4:48 PMReading Time: 3 minutes
County public health officials are encouraging at-risk San Diegans to get simple blood or skin tests to find out if they may unknowingly have a tuberculosis infection as the world observes World Tuberculosis Day Friday.
First Naloxone Vending Machine Installed in San Diego County
Mar. 8, 2023 | 12:30 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
The County has a new, groundbreaking resource to battle fatal opioid overdoses. A naloxone vending machine is now in operation at the McAlister South Bay Regional Recovery Center in Chula Vista and you don’t have to be a member of the Center to use it.
Final Love Your Heart Week of Action Event March 11
Mar. 6, 2023 | 11:06 AMReading Time: < 1 minute
The 12th Annual Love Your Heart Week of Action took place a few weeks ago and early results show that 3,000 San Diegans got blood pressure checks and 4% of those screened needed an urgent visit to their doctor.
VIDEO: Public Health Workers Make Hepatitis A Vaccines Easy to Access
Mar. 3, 2023 | 10:14 AMReading Time: < 1 minute
County health officials are keeping a close watch over a slight uptick of hepatitis A infection cases among people experiencing homelessness.
VIDEO: Bayview Crisis Stabilization Unit Serves South Bay
Feb. 27, 2023 | 5:17 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
A partnership between Paradise Valley Hospital and the County was celebrated today with an official unveiling of the Crisis Stabilization Unit at the Bayview Campus.