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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...
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...
Recruitment Now Open for the CalOptima Health Board of Directors
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(Santa Ana, CA) — The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) is pleased to announce that recruitment is now open for one seat on the CalOptima Health Board of Directors. A County-organized health system, CalOptima Health serves more than 940,000 low-income children, adults, seniors and persons with disabilities. CalOptima Health was...
OC Health Care Agency's 2nd Annual 'Light Up Hope OC' Campaign Marks September as Suicide Prevention Month
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SANTA ANA, CA - In a commitment to raising awareness, the OC Health Care Agency (HCA) is announcing the return of the "Light Up Hope OC" campaign during the month of September for Suicide Prevention Month. The campaign aligns with the statewide "Strive for Zero" initiative, to prevent suicides. Each...
CD HEALTH ALERT: Recommendations for the Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines (2023-2024 Formulations)
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On September 11, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccines (2023-2024 formulations) for use in children 6 months through 11 years. The FDA updated the approvals of Moderna’s 2023-2024 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, SPIKEVAX, and Pfizer’s 2023-2024 mRNA...