Body Document Date Committee Agenda 10/02/2024...

Body Orange County Health Care Agency Behavioral Health Services is providing Behavioral Health Links to Justice Involved Medi-Cal members who plan to reside in Orange County post-release from incarceration and who meet eligibility criteria for Specialty Mental Health Services or Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System. Behavioral Health Links to Orange County...

Body Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Implementation Plan HCA BHS sought input from a broad spectrum of stakeholders to gather perspectives representative of Orange County’s diverse population. Participation by interested stakeholders was achieved through various methods of community outreach including written materials, surveys, ongoing collaborative meetings, public forums, provider meetings, focus...

Body Mpox infections, from Clade II Monkeypox virus, continue to be endemic in the United States. Orange County has had an increase in mpox cases over the summer. Orange County Pride Parade and Festival is scheduled for October 5th. Pride events have been associated with an increase in risk behaviors and...

Body (Santa Ana, CA) - The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) has officially assumed management along with operations of the Be Well Orange Campus, located at 265 South Anita Drive, Orange, CA 92868. As of October 1, 2024, the County of Orange (County) began overseeing the delivery of vital mental health...

Body The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to inform clinicians and health departments about the Republic of Rwanda’s first confirmed outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) with 36 laboratory confirmed cases and 11 deaths reported as of October 2, 2024...

Body Document Date Committee Agenda 10/11/2024...

Body The Community Suicide Prevention Coalition (CSPC) is dedicated to uniting efforts across Orange County to prevent suicide and save lives. Comprising over 100 community members and partner organizations, CSPC collaborates to develop, plan, and implement comprehensive suicide prevention strategies. Aligned with both state and national objectives, CSPC strives to achieve...

Body This alert aims to raise awareness of current guidance around the prevention and treatment of respiratory pathogens as we begin the 2024-2025 respiratory virus season. In addition, we wish to direct providers to local and national data sources for following disease activity for COVID-19, influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)...

Body (Santa Ana, CA) — The last day of Hispanic Heritage Month, October 15, has been designated National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). This year NLAAD celebrates 21 years of raising awareness in the Latinx community about the importance of promoting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, prevention, and treatment, and stopping...