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State updates worship service guidance

California public health officials updated the state's guidance for places of worship and cultural ceremonies Monday, removing capacity limits for both indoor and outdoor...

Letters to the editor: Covid-19 restrictions; Health Foundation

Hold them accountable With the loosening up of some of the unconstitutional Covid restrictions that have been implemented in California, it’s important that we don’t...

Public health officials report 12th virus death

San Benito County Public Health officials are reporting the number of new Covid-19 cases are slowly declining in the county, however, another death was disclosed in their latest newsletter.

Guest view: Effort to silence health officials must stop

In the middle of a once-in-a-century health crisis and as COVID-19 cases rise sharply across the U.S., public health leaders are under attack.

Coronavirus claims life of San Benito County man, residents ordered...

Less than three hours after public health officials stunned San Benito county residents March 17 with an order to “shelter at their place of...

Bay Area counties tell citizens to ‘stay at home’ because of...

In what they called “a bold, unified step to slow the spread of COVID-19,” public health officials of six Bay Area counties on Monday...

Coronavirus hits San Benito County

Two cases of coronavirus—”2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)”— have been confirmed in San Benito County, health officials announced Sunday evening, Feb. 2. “The confirmed cases are related:...

Three shops fail tobacco compliance test

A recent tobacco age compliance operation found three Hollister businesses out of compliance with checking identification: Diaz Liquors, Home Town Gasoline, and Shop and...

Guest View: Spring into immunity

With the coming of summer, families of sixth-graders are looking forward to a fun-filled season that also includes the mandatory tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap) vaccination for seventh-grade entry. This middle-school rite of passage is frequently left to the precious last days of summer vacation. This quirk of human nature causes a late-summer “Tdap tsunami” at local pharmacies, healthcare providers’ offices, and here at Public Health Services.

County weighs use of funds for Ebola preparation

The county is looking to use $66,157 in funds from the California Department of Public Health for services and training related to the Ebola virus.

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