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Medi-Cal recipients are being notified to renew their healthcare benefits. If you receive a renewal packet in the mail, please fill it out and send it back. If you receive a request for more information, or you need to update your address, please call 1-866-262-9881 or go online to sandiegocounty.gov/medi-cal.
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March is National Nutrition Month, an annual month of action that promotes healthy habits and food choices.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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County health officials are keeping a close watch over a slight uptick of hepatitis A infection cases among people experiencing homelessness.
