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Sharp Coronado Hospital Offers Healing Touch Course
Sharp Coronado Hospital offers a specialized Healing Touch course, a component of Integrative Care Services, five times each year to staff and volunteers, and is opening the course up to several community members per class. Healing Touch Therapy uses gentle, noninvasive touch to access the body’s natural energy system to recover from physical and mental stress. This therapy is offered to patients and staff alongside conventional treatments, and studies suggest it helps reduce anxiety, lowers stress, promotes wound healing, and eases pain.
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County, UC San Diego Celebrate 1 Million Trained in Hands-Only CPR
The County of San Diego and UC San Diego celebrated a major public health milestone after the Revive & Survive San Diego CPR campaign surpassed its goal of training one million people in hands-only CPR. The regional initiative, launched in early 2024 by the County and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at the University of California San Diego, has now trained 1,011,034 people in the lifesaving technique.
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First North County EMS Corps Class Graduates
County Fire is launching 18 young men and women graduates of its Emergency Medical Services Corps into the emergency medical services field. This group is County Fire’s first North County cohort, following two earlier EMS Corps graduations at Southwestern College in February and June. “Behind every graduate in this...
Escondido Times-Advocate
RFK Jr. visits Escondido’s Neighborhood Healthcare
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Wednesday morning visited Neighborhood Healthcare alongside Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Tom Engels to announce expanding access to dental services for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Patel commented, “We appreciate the Secretary’s grant to support our dental programs for children with autism and cerebral palsy. We […] The post RFK Jr. visits Escondido’s Neighborhood Healthcare first appeared on Escondido Times-Advocate .
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San Diego University Offers Clinic After Mumps Outbreak
Public health officials have confirmed a mumps outbreak at San Diego State University (SDSU). Five confirmed and/or probable cases have been identified as of September 18, and all the cases are among student athletes on a single team. The students are no longer considered contagious. In response, the San Diego County Public Health Services hosted a clinic for students to screen for mumps symptoms and also to provide a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine boosters to students who have been identified as a close contact of any of the cases. SDSU is also cautioning students to watch for swelling near the neck or jaw and to avoid risky behaviors, such as sharing food or beverages. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average incubation period for mumps is 16–18 days, with a range of 12–25 days, so more cases could come to light on the campus.
KPBS
Feds confirm exposure to some levels of Tijuana River odors can lead to health effects
Exposures to some levels of hydrogen sulfide in outdoor air near the sewage-laced Tijuana River are a public health hazard, according to a new report by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). In a 72-page report released Wednesday, the agency concluded that short-term exposure to the sewer...
bhbusiness.com
Exclusive: Terra Behavioral Health Buys Latitude Recovery Center
Temecula, California-based Terra Behavioral Health will soon acquire Latitude Recovery Center, adding a standalone facility in Carlsbad, California. The deal will increase patient capacity by 45 at any given time, potentially adding hundreds to its total number of patients served per year across its care continuum. The transaction is Terra...
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National City to fund in-house ambulance startup
National City councilmembers plan to authorize a loan that would fund startup costs for in-house ambulance services. The $6.5 million loan would come from the city’s sewer fund and be given to the Fire Department, which would be handling the launch. According to a staff report, the loan would be repaid over a 10-year period, following one year of operating the service in-house and collecting revenue from it.
KPBS
Report: Tijuana River is chronically polluted with sewage, chemicals
E. coli levels in the Tijuana River watershed are often 30,000 times higher than the federal standard for freshwater bodies, according to a new report San Diego Coastkeeper released last week. And chemicals researchers said they can’t find thresholds for because they’re not expected to be found in water are...
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Crypto Parasite Sickened Swimmers at Chula Vista's Gaylord Pacific, County Confirms
San Diego County has wrapped up its investigation into a cryptosporidiosis exposure at the Gaylord Pacific Resort's pools, spas, and water park in Chula Vista, confirming three laboratory-confirmed cases and a fourth reported by a family member. All of the resort's water features have fully reopened following disinfection. According to...
Coast News
Sharp Carlsbad Surgery Center performs county’s first outpatient robotic surgery
Sharp Carlsbad Surgery Center recently performed a County first: robotic-assisted procedure in an outpatient surgery facility. The advanced robotic excision of endometriosis using the da Vinci Xi surgical system was a milestone not only for Sharp HealthCare, San Diego’s largest and most comprehensive health care delivery system, but also for women’s health services countywide.
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Rancho Bernardo UCSD Health Site Shrinks By 61,000 Square Feet, Opens Late
UC San Diego Health has significantly scaled back its long-planned medical facility near Interstate 15 in Rancho Bernardo, cutting the project from a five-story, 150,000-square-foot building down to a three-story, roughly 89,000-square-foot facility. The opening date has also slipped by about three years, from an original fall 2026 target to 2029, according to the health system.
Coast News
Escondido warns Prop 44 threatens community health clinics
ESCONDIDO — The City Council unanimously agreed to oppose Proposition 44, a statewide ballot measure that local health care leaders say could force community health centers serving underserved populations to close. The council voted Aug. 26 to oppose the measure after hearing from Dr. Rakesh Patel, chief executive officer...