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State Announces Partnership with CVS and Walgreens to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines to Residents, Staff in Long-term Care Facilities
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December 31, 2020 Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced that California has opted in to the federal COVID-19 Pharmacy Partnership. At no cost to the state or local government, CVS and Walgreens will administer the Pfizer vaccine to residents and staff in long-term care facilities. Read More
Plan to Improve Health of Orange County Community Available for Public Comment
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January 02, 2020 On behalf of the Orange County Health Improvement Partnership (HIP), the OC Health Care Agency announces the availability of the 2020-22 Orange County Health Improvement Plan for public review and comment at www.ochealthiertogether.org through January 20, 2020. The plan lays out assessments, goals, objectives and strategies for...
Drug & Alcohol Overdose Hospitalization & Death in Orange County
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This report provides a summary of the leading causes of substance-related overdoses in Orange County. While drug and alcohol-related mortality has generally been rising since 2012, a dramatic rise from 2019 to 2020 attributed to a pandemic-related increase in drug-related deaths. When accounting for all the substances involved in a...
Recruitment Now Open for the CalOptima Board of Directors
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December 29, 2020 The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) is pleased to announce that recruitment is now open for one seat on the CalOptima Board of Directors. Read More
County Health Officer Issues Two Health Officer’s Orders
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December 18, 2020 County Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau issued two Health Officer’s Orders this week: 1) New Health Order to Help Prevent Spread of COVID-19 in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly: As of December 16, 2020, all residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs) must cancel all communal...
County Health Officer Urges Community to Slow the Spread of COVID-19
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December 16, 2020 COVID-19 is increasing at alarming rates in California and Dr. Clayton Chau, County Health Officer and Director of the OC Health Care Agency (HCA), urges community members to do their part to slow the spread of this virus in Orange County (OC). Read More
OC Health Care Agency Deploys Mobile Field Hospitals to Help Alleviate COVID-19 Burden on the Local Health Care System
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December 15, 2020 The OC Health Care Agency will deploy mobile field hospitals (MFHs) to local hospitals this week to support the Orange County (OC) health care system as it responds to a surge in COVID-19 patients. OC hospitals may receive emergency waivers from the California Department of Public Health...