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CAHAN Disease Notification – Suspect Measles? Isolate, Report to Local Public Health and Test

CDPH/Health Advisory- March 25, 2025 - Multiple measles cases have been confirmed in California in recent weeks. All cases have been linked to international travel, reflecting a global rise in measles cases. Health care providers should consider measles in persons presenting with a febrile rash illness and other symptoms consistent...

Bat Found in Rancho Santa Margarita Tests Positive for Rabies

(Santa Ana, CA) — A bat found at Rancho Santa Margarita Lake has tested positive for rabies. The bat was found on the ground near a walking path around the lake on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at approximately 2:30 p.m. Anyone who may have had physical contact with this bat...

CDPH Issues Shellfish Advisory in Advance of Annual Mussel Quarantine

(Santa Ana, CA) — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a warning due to the detection of dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) and domoic acid biotoxins in bivalve shellfish (mussels, clams, oysters, and scallops). Due to the elevated levels of biotoxins, all recreationally harvested bivalve...

Drop-off Unwanted Medications Safely on National Take Back Day

(Santa Ana, CA) – The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) invites the community to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at convenient locations throughout Orange County (OC). The public is encouraged to remove unneeded medications from their homes...

OCEAN WATER CLOSURE IN AREAS OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AND NEWPORT BEACH

The OC Health Care Agency (HCA), Environmental Health Services, has closed the open coastal water area in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach spanning from the Talbert Channel outfall at Huntington State Beach to the projection of Grant Street in Newport Beach due to a sewage spill. The sewage spill of...

New Ocean Water Quality Report Shows Beach Closures in Orange County Caused by Sewage Spills Remain Below 38-year Average

(Santa Ana, CA) — The OC Health Care Agency’s (HCA) biennial Ocean, Harbor and Bay Water Quality Report, 2023 - 2024 shows the number of beach closures in Orange County (OC) caused by sewage spills, remains below the 38-year average for the 13th consecutive year. The report, available online, provides...

National HIV Testing Day is Friday, June 27

(Santa Ana, CA) — June 27 marks National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), which promotes testing and early diagnosis of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). Knowing your status is the first step to engaging in prevention or treatment services that can enable individuals, to live a long and healthy life. Untreated, HIV...

A Statement on ICE Access to Patient Medi-Cal Data

(Santa Ana, CA) — The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) is aware of recent reporting by multiple news outlets indicating that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have direct access to Medicaid (Medi-Cal) data. This data could include a broad array of personally identifiable information. The HCA is actively engaging...