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CDC Issues Health Alert about Severe Respiratory Illnesses Associated with Rhinoviruses and/or Enteroviruses Reported in Multiple States

September 13, 2022

(Santa Ana, CA) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Advisory to local health departments on September 9 regarding reports of increases in...

OC Health Care Agency Begins Administering COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine for Booster Doses

September 7, 2022

(Santa Ana, CA) – The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) has begun offering bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccines this week. This follows Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the U.S. Food...

High Heat Advisory Extended in Orange County

September 6, 2022

(Santa Ana, CA) – The National Weather Service predicts high temperatures continuing to reach the high 90s and low 100 degrees in many cities in Orange County through Friday, 9/9...

OC Health Care Agency Now Offering Novavax Vaccine for COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines

August 31, 2022

(Santa Ana, CA) – The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) has begun administering Novavax vaccines at HCA-managed vaccination sites, beginning this week. Flu vaccines are also now being...

High Temperatures in Orange County Bring Risk of Heat-Related Illneses

August 31, 2022

(Santa Ana, CA) – Temperatures in most of Orange County are expected to reach the low to mid 90s beginning Wednesday 8/31 and reach the high 90s and low 100 degrees through Monday...

OC Health Care Agency Reports 1st Case of Monkeypox in a Youth

August 24, 2022

(Santa Ana, CA) – On August 23, 2022, the Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) recorded the first case of human monkeypox (hMPX) infection in a youth less than 18 years old...

OC Health Care Agency Begins Administering Second Monkeypox Vaccine Doses

August 22, 2022

(Santa Ana, CA) – To limit the spread of monkeypox disease in Orange County, the OC Health Care Agency (HCA) will begin offering second dose vaccinations this week to individuals...

OC Health Care Agency Reports First Human West Nile Virus Case of 2022

August 12, 2022

(Santa Ana, CA) – An adult male has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) infection, becoming the first human WNV infection in Orange County this year. People over 50 years of...

FDA Announces New Guidelines for Monkeypox Vaccine

August 12, 2022

(Santa Ana, CA) - On August 9, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a new way of administering the Jynneos vaccine for...