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The San Diego County’s Public Health Lab is now monitoring community illnesses through wastewater, offering an early warning system for COVID-19, flu, and RSV. -
As of Friday, just 22% of those eligible in the county are inoculated against the flu while just 7% of that cohort have received the COVID-19 vaccine -
COVID-19 symptoms that don’t go away affect hundreds of millions worldwide. Scripps Research is recruiting people with long COVID to test a weight-loss medication that shows promise in treating the illness. -
A new federal COVID-19 vaccine policy is raising alarms among San Diego doctors and advocates. They worry it could deepen existing health disparities and leave low-income communities of color at greater risk. -
As San Diego marks five years since its first COVID-19 case, hospitals and researchers reflect on the lessons learned and the steps being taken to prepare for the next public health crisis. -
Mark Ghaly has been a steady voice in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s cabinet, shaping the administration’s COVID policies and its efforts to bring down the cost of health care. -
Wooten announced her retirement Tuesday following 23 years of service. -
The San Diego Foundation and Mission Driven Finance Thursday announced that of $5.2 million lent to nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been repaid with less than one-tenth of 1% in losses. -
California cities and counties still don’t know how much they’ll have to pay for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic program. -
Infection preventative measures, including high ventilation standards and universal masking, prevented many SARS-CoV-2 transmissions during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a UC San Diego-led study published Tuesday revealed.
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