Tag: public health

Don't call it a tripledemic—yet.  Influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Covid-19 are circulating this fall, but not yet at the rate that worried public...

San Benito County Public Health officials announced that as of Feb. 5, all OptumServe mobile Covid-19 testing sites that serve local residents will close....

While California K-12 students will still be required to wear masks once the state's indoor mask mandate ends this week, one of the state’s...

Nearly every county in the greater Bay Area will lift their indoor mask mandates next week, aligning them with the state's plans to lift...

Recent “pop-up” Covid-19 testing sites in San Benito County and elsewhere in California may be fraudulent, and authorities are warning the public. The county’s Public...

San Benito County public safety and health officials are sounding the alarm about the dangers of fentanyl—a powerful opioid—after a recent and ongoing spike...

The San Benito County Department of Public Health Services will host a virtual town hall on “kids and Covid-19 vaccines” on Dec. 14, says...

Covid-19 vaccine boosters are available to all adults 18 years and older who qualify based on the timing of their previous doses of the...

An 11-year-old Spring Grove School student suffered a medical emergency at the school Oct. 19, and is now hospitalized in critical condition, according to...

Dr. George Gellert, who has a 30-year career in public health including the last year with San Benito County, has been appointed the county’s...