UC San Diego researchers have found a new way the body can stop the spread of breast cancer.
The award is part of the second round of Proposition 1 Bond funding.
An infected crow was found in the North Park neighborhood. No human cases have been reported so far in 2026, officials said.
Five San Diego County hospitals were ranked among the top 150 in the U.S., while one ranked in the top 250 in the entire world.
Some of the most commonly reported STIs in San Diego County are Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.
Public health officials said the new exposures are not linked to a separate investigation earlier in 2025 at the same school.
Researchers said the parasite is "an emerging veterinary and public health concern."
San Diego County doesn't operate its own hospitals, but contracts with community clinics, hospitals and physicians.
The roughly 31,000 members of the UNAC/UHCP had vowed to stay on strike until a fair contract agreement was reached.
Pharmacy and lab employees will join striking Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care workers on the picket line in San Diego County.
"Measles can be a very dangerous illness, especially for babies and young children."
UCSD's School of Global Policy and Strategy was behind the new concept — the Disease Incidence and Resource Estimator.
Nurses and health care workers in the San Diego area are striking alongside their counterparts across California and Hawaii.
Long COVID is where people experience persistent symptoms that last three months or more after the initial infection.
The number of suicides in San Diego County is a decrease from 8% in 2016 and 4% from 2020.
Picketing is taking place at San Diego Medical Center, San Marcos Medical Center and Zion Medical Center.
Picketing was taking place at San Diego Medical Center, San Marcos Medical Center and Zion Medical Center.
Vaccination rates are waning nationwide and California is no exception: See the data and risk level for San Diego County.
County public health workers are looking specifically for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), Influenza A and B, and respiratory syncytial virus or RSV.
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The county is ending some behavioral health contracts as it implements policy and funding changes tied to a 2024 state ballot measure.
San Diego is among the metro areas with the greatest number of hospitals on the list.
Out of one billion particles of air, 1.4 percent of them are hydrogen sulfide. Prolonged exposure to that air can make someone very sick.
"Just because you were sick with the flu or COVID-19 in the last year doesn't mean you still can't get infected."
Residents can receive a pertussis vaccine at MinuteClinic and CVS Pharmacy locations across the state
The University of California has reached a tentative contract agreement with the union representing more than 25,000 registered nurses.
The Leapfrog Group, a watchdog founded 25 years ago, said it aims to improve American health care through transparency.
Members of the Sharp Professional Nurses Network and Sharp Chula Vista health care professionals voted in favor of authorizing a strike.
While exposure to hantavirus is rare, officials warned people should be careful around wild rodents because there is no cure or vaccine.
Some of San Diego's tiniest trick-or-treaters celebrated their first Halloween with a special photoshoot. See the precious little pumpkins.
Picketing was held at three facilities in San Diego County.
The strike could affect three hospitals in San Diego County, according to union officials.
TB is an airborne disease that is transmitted from person-to-person through inhalation of the bacteria from the air.
The 2025-2026 Best Children's Hospitals rankings by U.S. News & World Report includes both national and state and regional rankings.
The scientist was among two others who won for their discoveries related to the immune system, the Nobel Prize Foundation said Monday.
The new detections are in addition to ongoing West Nile virus activity in Rolando and La Mesa that was previously reported in July.
U.S. News and World Report recently released its list of the top hospitals in the nation, and these are the best places for care locally.
Officials have detected seven rabid bats so far in 2025 throughout the San Diego region.
Visits to the doctor for the flu haven't been this high since 2009.