Santa Cruz County health officials offer recommendations on how to avoid hantavirus following the recent diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in a local resident. HPS is a rare disease. Infection...

Santa Cruz County is experiencing an increase in new cases of Hepatitis A infection, according to county health officials. The County usually has 1-2 confirmed cased per year. In the last 7 weeks the...

California state health officials have issued an alert for consumers to avoid consumption of the following from coastal waters in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties: recreationally harvested oysters and...

Two horses in Santa Cruz County have been confirmed with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV). It causes blister-like sores on the mouths, noses and sometimes feet of infected animals. One animal was moved...