NewsDesk @bactiman63 State and local health officials in California report investigating an outbreak of shigellosis likely associated with a union delegate conference held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is alerting residents and health care providers about a concerning increase in mpox cases, with six new cases reported...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Los Angeles County Veterinary Public Health reports 11 cases of canine schistosomiasis (the liver trematode, Heterobilharzia americana) in dogs from 3 Southern California counties:...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Los Angeles Department of Public Health, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has confirmed the first death due to monkeypox in a Los Angeles County...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed the first cases of human West Nile virus (WNV) infection in Los Angeles County for the 2022 season. A...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 With the limited supply of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is issuing a Health Advisory encouraging residents to take precaution...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Los Angeles County Public Health has confirmed local transmission of monkeypox in LA County, as some of the more recent of the 22 cases of monkeypox in LA County thus far have no...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the canine influenza outbreak in Los Angeles County, Veterinary Public Health now reports 1284 confirmed and probable cases of canine influenza virus (CIV) H3N2...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has received confirmation of its first case of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with the new Omicron...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has received the first report of an influenza-associated death of the 2021-22 influenza season. The death was...