The Health Care Agency is a regional provider, charged with protecting and promoting individual, family and community health through coordination of public and private sector resources....
The Health Care Agency is a regional provider, charged with protecting and promoting individual, family and community health through coordination of public and private sector resources....
We ensure program compliance and improve quality of care for citizens of Orange County.
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OCEAN WATER CLOSURE IN AREAS OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AND NEWPORT BEACH
The OC Health Care Agency (HCA), Environmental Health Services, has closed the open coastal water area in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach spanning from the Talbert Channel outfall at Huntington State Beach to the projection of Grant Street in Newport Beach due to a sewage spill. The sewage spill...
CDPH Issues Shellfish Advisory in Advance of Annual Mussel Quarantine
(Santa Ana, CA) — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a warning due to the detection of dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) and domoic acid biotoxins in bivalve shellfish (mussels, clams, oysters, and scallops). Due to the elevated levels of biotoxins, all...
Bat Found in Rancho Santa Margarita Tests Positive for Rabies
(Santa Ana, CA) — A bat found at Rancho Santa Margarita Lake has tested positive for rabies. The bat was found on the ground near a walking path around the lake on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at approximately 2:30 p.m. Anyone who may have had physical contact with this bat or saw someone else having...