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San Diego Fire-Rescue paramedics administer Hepatitis A vaccinations in the lobby of Serving Seniors downtown, Oct. 31, 2017.

San Diego County Extends Hepatitis A State Of Emergency

The Board of Supervisors Tuesday extended a state of emergency over the hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego County, despite a decline in the number of new cases and no new deaths in the last two weeks.

Surgeons performed more than 21,000 kidney transplants and 8,000 liver transplants in 2018, according the United Network for Organ Sharing.

A Surgeon Reflects On Death, Life And The 'Incredible Gift' Of Organ Transplant

Joshua Mezrich has performed hundreds of kidney, liver and pancreas transplants. He shares stories from the operating room in his book, When Death Becomes Life.

A Surgeon Reflects On Death, Life And The 'Incredible Gift' Of Organ Transplant

Joshua Mezrich has performed hundreds of kidney, liver and pancreas transplants. He shares stories from the operating room in his book, When Death Becomes Life.

City workers wash down streets and sidewalks Monday in an effort to control a hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego.

Union-Tribune: Two San Diego Tourists Contract Hepatitis A

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that two tourists who visited San Diego for a Metallica concert in August, developed cases of hepatitis A when they returned home to Utah.

Police officers remove a tent left by the homeless during efforts to sanitize neighborhoods to control the spread of hepatitis A, in San Diego., Sept. 25, 2017.

County Supervisors Extend Hepatitis A State Of Emergency

The Board of Supervisors Monday extended a state of emergency over a hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego County that has killed 20 people, amid a declining number of new cases.

The San Diego County Supervisors pose for a photo after the swearing in new supervisors Jim Desmond and Nathan Fletcher, Jan. 7,2019.

Nathan Fletcher Proposes Assistance To Asylum Seekers As First Act On Board Of Supervisors

Fletcher represents District 4 on the board of supervisors. The district includes most of the central city of San Diego from La Jolla to downtown, from Ocean Beach to Encanto.

While some new drugs entering the market are driving up prices for consumers, drug companies are also hiking prices on older drugs.

Prescription Drug Costs Driven By Manufacturer Price Hikes, Not Innovation

A recent study shows the cost of brand-name drugs is rising — not because of expensive new therapies entering the market but because manufacturers are raising prices on existing drugs.

Loretta Boesing, of Park Hills, Mo., with her son Wesley, who underwent a liver transplant in 2012. Boesing worried the potency of her son's anti-rejection medicine could have been affected by the extremely hot weather when it was delivered.

Extreme Temperatures May Pose Risks To Some Mail-Order Meds

Loretta Boesing is on a mission to make sure prescription drugs delivered by mail are safe and effective. The life of her son — and others who order medicine by mail — could depend on it, she says.

Smoke rises from a wildfire approaching Twisp, Wash., on Aug. 19. Smoke can damage the health of people hundreds of miles downwind.

Wildfire Smoke Becomes The Health Threat That Won't Go Away

Cities and towns across the West are warning residents that high levels of smoke from forest fires threaten their health, with no sign of abating. That means indoor recess and no vacuuming.

A patient receives a hepatitis A vaccination at a public clinic in downtown San Diego, Sept. 22, 2017.

San Diego Board Of Supervisors Considering Extending Hepatitis A Emergency Declaration

The County Board of Supervisors Friday scheduled a special meeting for Monday to extend a declaration of emergency regarding an outbreak of hepatitis A in San Diego.

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