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For the second consecutive year, San Diego County has reported a decline in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a trend mirrored across California, according to new 2024 data from the California Department of Public Health.
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The County launched a new Aging Dashboard this week, providing the public and policymakers an interactive way to track key metrics impacting the region’s growing population of older adults.
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The County’s Love Your Heart campaign is celebrating 15 years of raising awareness of the silent dangers of heart disease. Since its launch in 2011, more than a half million people have received blood pressure screenings.
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The measles virus could make its way to San Diego soon, with five recently confirmed measles cases in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Exposures in those counties have been reported at Disneyland, airports, restaurants, shops and other public spaces.
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The new County-funded Psychiatric Health Facility in Oceanside has completed its first month of operation, providing short-term inpatient psychiatric care a total of 31 people to date with 10 in care earlier this week.
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San Diego County today confirmed 377 suicide deaths in 2024, a 3% increase in the suicide rate from the previous year. Overall, suicide rates are down 8% from 2016 and 4% from 2020.
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The County detected hantavirus in a Western harvest mouse found near Los Penasquitos Ranch House (92129) during a routine inspection.
