Body (Santa Ana, CA) - The National Weather Service (NWS) has forecasted cold overnight temperatures throughout inland, coastal and south Orange County cities beginning Tuesday, April through Thursday, April 6. Overnight temperatures in many areas throughout the county will dip to the high-30s tomorrow and stay in the low-to-mid 40s through...

Body Document Date Civic Center Map 04/11/2023 EMCC...

Body What are vectors? Vectors are living organisms that can transmit infectious pathogens between humans, or from animals to humans. Many of these vectors are bloodsucking insects, which ingest disease-producing microorganisms during a blood meal from an infected host (human or animal) and later transmit it into a new host, after...

Body Children and Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Assessment Team Our Children and Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Assessment Team is comprised of social workers, marriage and family therapists, as well as a rotation of behavioral health Service Chiefs who provide crisis evaluations for minors to determine if psychiatric hospitalization is required or...

Body (Santa Ana, CA) - The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) encourages community members to drop-off expired, unused or unwanted prescription medications on “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day” Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at numerous locations throughout Orange County (OC). “This is a great opportunity for...

Body On April 18, 2023, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines. This action included authorizing the current bivalent vaccines to be used for all doses administered to individuals six-months of age and older, including additional...

Body (Santa Ana, CA) - Following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory action last week to amend the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on COVID-19 vaccinations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) transitioned recommendations to using only the mRNA bivalent vaccines (both Moderna and Pfizer) and the use...

Body CDC has received reports that some STD programs are currently unable to procure enough penicillin G benzathine (Bicillin L-A®) – the first-line recommended treatment for syphilis – to treat syphilis cases in their jurisdictions. The manufacturer anticipates the issue will be resolved in the next two months. In the meantime...

Body The CDC recently released new recommendations for Screening and Testing for Hepatitis B Virus infection . These guidelines mirror existing CDC Recommendations for Hepatitis C Screening Among Adults - 2020 . Both recommendations call for universal testing of ALL adults, 18 years and older, at least once for hepatitis B...

Body Document Date FAC Agenda 05/09/2023 05/03/2023...