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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults and those with compromised immune systems have been at the greatest risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that these high-risk populations have a better survival chance when they are both vaccinated and boosted.
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County behavioral health officials, law enforcement representatives and community partners today announced that all of the region’s 911 dispatchers have signed on to a memorandum of understanding to refer certain mental health calls to the County’s Mobile Crisis Response Teams.
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It is National Nurses Month, and the County would like to recognize the hundreds of County nurses who are devoted to caring for people throughout the region’s hospitals, neighborhoods and homes. County nurses deliver compassionate, trauma-informed care, often in challenging circumstances. They meet people where they are to provide person-centered service with special attention to […]
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Last week, 189 lab-confirmed influenza cases were reported in the region, a figure that is now far exceeding the number of infections identified during the same week in previous seasons, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today.
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Given that it’s prom and graduation season, the County Health and Human Services Agency is reminding parents to make sure their children are up to date on their vaccinations and boosters and to take other preventive measures to avoid getting sick.
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May is Mental Health Matters Month and County behavioral health officials say there’s no better time than now to take stock of your mental health and the mental well-being of those you care about.
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San Diego County became the first coastal county in the nation this week to start using a rapid, DNA-based ocean-water testing technology that will produce faster results and earlier warnings to protect beachgoers when bacteria levels reach unhealthy levels in ocean water.
