**UPDATED information can be found at www.Tustinca.org ** (Santa Ana, CA) – Smoke and ash from the recent fire at a hangar located at the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin may pose a health risk to some Orange County (OC) residents in the immediate and adjacent vicinity. The South...
For the last several weeks there has been increasing respiratory virus activity in Orange County. Rates of COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and Influenza disease are all rising based on the percentage of positive test results reported to OCHCA. RSV activity has been increasing for the last 6 weeks, but...
The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) Environmental Health Division has closed the open coastal area from Laguna Avenue to Blue Lagoon in Laguna Beach due to a sewage spill. The spill volume is an estimated total of 94,500 gallons, and was caused by a break in a force main sewer...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify clinicians and health departments about the occurrence, geographic spread, and sexually associated human-to-human transmission of Clade I Monkeypox virus (MPXV) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). MPXV has two...
For the PDF English version, click here . For translation, please click on the black "Translate" button on the top right to translate the same order displayed below. VERONICA KELLEY, DSW, LCSW AGENCY DIRECTOR LORRAINE DANIEL, MPA ASSISTANT AGENCY DIRECTOR REGINA CHINSIO-KWONG, DO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER CHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMAN, MD, MPH...
About Assembly Bill (AB) 1299 - Presumptive Transfer Assembly Bill (AB) 1299 (Ridley-Thomas, Chapter 603, Statutes 2016) was established to presumptively transfer the responsibility for the provision of, or arranging and payment for, Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) in a timely manner, from the county of original jurisdiction to the...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify healthcare providers and the public about an outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) among people in the United States with recent travel to or residence in the city of Tecate...
(Santa Ana, CA) – To address the recent increase in reported respiratory virus activity in Orange County (OC), the OC Health Care Agency (HCA) Public Health Services recommends residents get vaccinated and be vigilant about preventive measures to reduce the spread of winter viruses. Reported cases of COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to alert healthcare providers to low vaccination rates against influenza, COVID-19, and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). Low vaccination rates, coupled with ongoing increases in national and international respiratory disease activity caused by multiple...