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Keeping Your Baby Healthy and Safe Starts Before Birth
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Motherhood begins before your baby is born. Every pregnancy is different bringing new feelings and experiences, and lots to learn! Getting proper medical care and making healthy choices are important to keep you and your growing baby as healthy as can be and help prevent birth defects. Follow these tips...
Feeling sad or anxious? You’re not alone.
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For Immediate Help If the situation is potentially life-threatening, call 911. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides 24/7, confidential support and resources to people or loved ones of those in suicidal crisis or mental health-related distress...
Every Parent OC - Worried about Your Child’s Development? Ask Their Doctor about Developmental Screenings
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Babies and children learn new skills all the time as they grow and develop. Parents look forward to experiencing each of their child’s new milestones, such as smiling for the first time, waving, or taking a first step. Children develop at their own pace, but some might need extra support...
Black Maternal Health
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Black Maternal Health Week (4/11-4/17) is an opportunity to raise awareness around racial disparities in maternal health. All birthing people deserve a healthy, safe, and joyful pregnancy. Black birthing people are more likely to die or have life-threatening complications during pregnancy than other racial or ethnic groups. This Black Maternal...
Every Day Should Be Mother’s Day! Four Steps to a Better and Healthier You.
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As a mother, your job is never done. You always put the needs of your family and friends above your own. But, as Mother’s Day approaches, it’s important to remember your health matters too! Take a few moments to focus on your own health, and commit to at least one...
EMS Transportation Advisory Subcommittee - July 3, 2024
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Document Date Committee Agenda 07/03/2024...
EMS Facilities Advisory Committee (FAC) Meeting - July 9, 2024
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Document Date Committee Agenda 07/03/2024...
County Prehospital Advisory Committee (CPAC) Meeting July 10, 2024
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Document Date Committee Agenda 07/03/2024...
OC HEALTH CARE AGENCY REPORTS FIRST HUMAN WEST NILE VIRUS CASE OF 2023
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(Santa Ana, CA) – A female resident of the City of Orange has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) infection, becoming the first human WNV infection in Orange County this year. The woman is asymptomatic. In 2022 there were 11 reported human infections of WNV, and 2 WNV-related deaths...
CD HEALTH ALERT: First Human West Nile Virus Case of the Season Reported in Orange County
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Last week a woman in her 60s tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV), becoming the first human WNV infection in Orange County this year, as compared to two cases at this time last year. As of August 25, 2023, the California Department of Public Health had reported 61 infections...