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HANDMADE MEMORY BEARS OFFER COMFORT TO GRIEVING FAMILIES

 
Denise Kelly, Sharp HospiceCare program coordinator, contributed to this report.
 
Photo: Joyce Anderson holding her Memory Bears made by Sharp HospiceCare volunteers.
 
June 28, 2024 (La Mesa) -- A pair of stuffed bears made from the clothing of family members who have passed sit on Joyce Anderson’s dresser. They serve as a tangible reminder of the cherished memories she and her loved ones shared.
 
Less than two years ago, Joyce's family faced profound loss when their daughter-in-law, Danielle, died after courageously coping with breast cancer. She had been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in 2020 while pregnant with her second child.
 
Not long after losing Danielle, tragedy struck again when Joyce's mother died on what would have been Danielle’s 37th birthday. Memory Bears, handsewn by Sharp HospiceCare volunteers using clothes worn by Danielle and Joyce’s mother, became a source of comfort for her grieving family.

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SHARP HOSPICECARE BENEFIT REGATTA SAILS INTO SAN DIEGO BAY AUGUST 23-24

 
June 28, 2024 (San Diego) – The largest summertime water event on San Diego Bay — the annual Sharp HospiceCare Benefit Dinner and Regatta — is back! This year’s festivities will be held on Friday, August 23, and Saturday, August 24, 2024. The events are hosted by Sharp HospiceCare, Coronado Yacht Club, and Cortez Racing Association.

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RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE CONFIRMED IN JAMUL AND DULZURA

By Miriam Raftery
 
June 25, 2024 (San Diego’s East County)—Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 (RHDV2) has been confirmed in three wild cottontail rabbits in Jamul and Dulzura in May, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) confirms. The disease, a form of viral hepatitis, is fatal 50 to 100% of the time in wild rabbits and hares, but does not affect humans, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
 
The testing comes after East County Magazine reached out to CDFW in April after several residents reported finding dead rabbits in these rural areas, but none had been tested. Following our inquiry and further reports from residents, CDFW acquired several carcasses for testing. View our report in April.

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PETCO LOCATIONS DOUBLE AS "COOLING CENTERS" FOR PETS

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Photo courtesy: Jonathan Goetz
 
June 25, 2024 (San Diego) -- As temperatures soar across the country, leashed pets of all breeds, shapes and sizes are welcome at Petco pet care centers nationwide, where they and their families can seek refuge from the extreme heat. They can also stay hydrated with access to fresh, clean and safe water at Petco locations during regular business hours. Water is provided in disposable bowls, which helps limit the risk of disease transmission.  
 
Petco is sharing veterinarian-approved tips to help keep furry friends safe and cool during this time and throughout the summer:   

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HOME OF GUIDING HANDS OPENS PINE HOUSE, A NEW MEDICAL HOME FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Pine House will offer enhanced independence for clients with complex medical needs. 
 
East County News Service
 
June 21, 2024 (El Cajon) — Home of Guiding Hands, a nonprofit organization that provides quality support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is excited to announce the opening of their first medical home, Pine House. This revolutionary establishment marks a significant milestone in providing comprehensive care and fostering independence for their clients with complex medical needs. 

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DR. WILMA WOOTEN RETIRES FROM THE COUNTY

 
Video by James Kecskes
 
June 18, 2024 (San Diego) -- San Diego County’s Public Health Officer, Dr. Wilma Wooten, is retiring after 23 years of service, the last 17 as the County’s lead doctor and public face of numerous media stories, none larger than the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
 
During her career, Dr. Wooten has prioritized the prevention and control of infectious disease, protection from environmental hazards and promoted injury prevention. She has reinforced healthy choices and lifestyles, emergency preparedness and has fought to eliminate health disparities in traditionally underserved communities.

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GROW SOME PAIN RELIEF IN GARDENS AND CONTAINERS

By Melinda Myers
 
Photo courtesy of Melinda Myers: Sage leaves can be brewed into tea to soothe sore, irritated throats.
 
June 18, 2024 (San Diego) -- Ease your way through the busy summer season with the help of some pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory garden produce. Add them to your garden or containers or purchase the produce at your local farmer’s market.
 
Refresh and rejuvenate yourself with a cup of mint-infused tea or ice water. Mint also helps relieve headaches and general aches and pain. Contain this vigorous perennial herb by growing it in a container to prevent it from overtaking your garden beds. Take advantage of these benefits year-round by starting a few plants at the end of the growing season. Root a few cuttings to plant and grow in a sunny window.

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ADVANCING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: SAN DIEGO COUNTY BINGE AND UNDERAGE DRINKING INITIATIVE RELEASES REPORT ON DRINKING

By David R. Shorey, San Diego County Program Director, Institute for Public Strategies
 
June 12, 2024 (San Diego) --The San Diego County Binge and Underage Drinking Initiative (BUDI) released a comprehensive report shedding light on the alarming trends of alcohol consumption in the community. Binge drinking and underage drinking are pervasive issues. 

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TAKE ON ALZHEIMER'S IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY

 
June 12, 2024 (San Diego) - Community members are invited to join the County and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) at the upcoming Take on Alzheimer’s free informational event.
 
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month which recognizes the millions of people living with Alzheimer’s and encourages everyone to learn about ways to promote brain health.  Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia, and affects memory, thinking and behavior. 

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FDA WARNS OF PARALYTIC SHELLFISH SOLD TO RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS, INCLUDING IN CALIFORNIA

Story and file photo by Miriam Raftery
 
June 11, 2024 (San Diego) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers, restaurants and food retailers not to eat, serve or sell oysters, clams and other shellfish recently harvested from specific areas in Oregon and Washington due to contamination with a toxin that causes paralytic poisoning, which can cause death quickly if untreated, especially in children.
 
The potentially contaminated items include:

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BIRD FLU'S SPREAD FROM POULTRY TO CATTLE TO HUMANS PROVOKES WORRY AMONG FEDS, STATES

The USDA has performed more than 17,000 tests for avian influenza on cattle, with a total of 67 herds affected throughout nine states.
 
 
Photo: Courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
 
June 10, 2024 (Washington, D.C.) -- Dairy farmers throughout the country are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an outbreak among cattle herds of highly pathogenic avian influenza — once thought to be confined to poultry flocks.

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READER'S EDITORIAL: ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH

By Assemblymember Marie Waldron
 
June 9, 2024 (Valley Center) -- As with so many issues involving medical research and healthcare, San Diego County is ground zero in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease.
 
Currently, it is estimated that 84,000 persons are living with Alzheimer’s disease in San Diego County, a number that is expected to increase to 117,000 by 2030. Another 250,000 San Diegans are caring for loved ones suffering from Alzheimer’s, which is the county’s third leading cause of death. California now has over 720,000 residents living with the disease, more than any other state. That number is expected to grow by 127 percent over the next 20 years, though the state’s population is only projected to grow by 16 percent.

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REPUBLICANS BLOCK DEMOCRATS’ BILL TO PROTECT BIRTH CONTROL ACCESS FOR WOMEN

By Miriam Raftery

 
June 6, 2024 (Washington D.C.) – After Republicans in multiple states introduced measures to restrict women’s access to birth control including IUDs and birth control pills, Democrats in Congress tried to enact the Right to Contraception Act (S. 4381) which would have protected birth control access nationwide. But Senate Republicans blocked the measure. Only two Republicans, both women, voted to protect birth control access.

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PROACTIVE EFFORTS HELP AS MOSQUITO SEASON KICKS OFF

 
June 2, 2024 (San Diego) -- In April, San Diego County began ramping up its proactive treatment of mosquito breeding sites in waterways around the county. The goal is to reduce these pests and their risk for spreading diseases, such as West Nile virus.
 
Every year in spring, the County’s Vector Control Program applies a safe, eco-friendly larvicide by helicopter to treat nearly 1,400 acres of hard-to-reach areas where mosquitoes breed. This year, locations in the Tijuana River Valley with stagnant water are also being treated to protect people living or visiting in that area.

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DEA AND ITS PARTNERS REMOVE MORE THAN 670,000 POUNDS OF UNUSED MEDICATIONS FROM COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE

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June 2, 2024 (San Diego) -- DEA and its local law enforcement partners collected 670,136 pounds of unused medications during the 26th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2024.  
 
The DEA San Diego Field Division collected nearly 5,000 pounds of drugs from 29 locations located in San Diego and Imperial Counties. Specifically, San Diego County collected 3,668 pounds and 120 pounds was collected in Imperial County. An additional 1,141 pounds was collected from year-round drop box locations in San Diego County, bringing the total collected to 4,809 pounds. 

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TB CASES REPORTED ON MTS TROLLEY BLUE LINE AND SAN DIEGO COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION: CESAR CHAVEZ CAMPUS

Compiled from the works of Fernanda Lopez Halvorson, County of San Diego Communications Office
 
May 30, 2024 (San Diego) -- The County’s Tuberculosis Program has two unrelated recent cases of potential tuberculosis (TB) exposure. They are working to notify riders who used the Trolley Blue Line between Jan. 27, 2024 and Feb. 29, 2024, that they were potentially exposed to and are at risk for TB.  They are also working closely with San Diego College of Continuing Education to notify those who were potentially exposed to TB. 
 
The chance of TB infection is highest for people with many hours of cumulative indoor exposure to a person who is sick with TB. Brief interactions with an ill rider are less likely to lead to TB infection than are prolonged or repeated exposures. However, the risk from more limited exposures may be of particular concern to riders with compromised immune systems, from medical conditions such as HIV or from medications that weaken the immune system, such as those taken by people with autoimmune conditions or who have received transplants.

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MEASLES EXPOSURE AT MEDICAL CLINIC IN EL CAJON AND AT RADY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

 

By Miriam Raftery

Photo via Shutterstock:  Measles vaccine

May 14,2024 (San Diego) -- County public health officials have confirmed the third case of measles in the region this year in a 13-month-old resident who recently traveled overseas. 

The unimmunized infant may have exposed others at the following times and locations: 

  • Children’s Primary Care Medical Group El Cajon located at 844 Jackman St., on May 12, from 9:10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 
  • Rady Children’s Emergency Department located at 3020 Children’s Way, 1st Floor in San Diego, on May 13, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. 

The County previously confirmed two other cases in the region this year. None of the three cases are linked, but all are associated with international travel. Before 2024, the last confirmed measles case in the County was in 2019. 

County epidemiologists are working with Children’s Primary Care Medical Group El Cajon and Rady Children’s Hospital to identify and follow up with patients and staff to determine if those possibly exposed at these locations have been vaccinated. They will also evaluate their potential for developing measles.


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ALVAREZ BILL WOULD MANDATE FAMILY ACCESS TO LOVED ONES IN LONG-TERM NURSING HOMES

By JW August

Reprinted, with permission of author, from Times of San Diego, a  member of the San Diego Online News Association.

Photo:  Lynn Dedrick’s mother Petey had Alzheimer’s and during the pandemic thought her daughter had forgotten her.

May 14, 2024 (San Diego) -- There are 250,000 California residents in long-term nursing homes. Their health and safety are at possible future risk, say a wide range of experts, unless we learn from the tough lessons of the pandemic. 

Those lessons are detailed in depth in a taxpayer-funded report released last fall that found “The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact” — not just on residents but their families. The report — California Long-Term Care Facility Access Policy Workgroup — is critical of decisions made by state health officials to lock down residents in nursing homes.

The findings form the basis of proposed legislation, Assembly Bill 2075, from San Diego Assemblyman David Alvarez. The bill is now working its way through Assembly committees in Sacramento. It’s already cleared both the Health and the Aging and Long Term Care committees and is now awaiting action by the Appropriations committee. It faces some of the same  hurdles which in 2022 stopped a similar effort.


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NEW MOMS HONORED ON MOTHER'S DAY AT SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL

Source: Sharp Healthcare
 
May 12, 2024 (La Mesa) – In honor of Mother’s Day, the landscaping team at Sharp Grossmont Hospital gave moms who are delivering babies at Sharp Grossmont Hospital for Women & Newborns their own “special delivery” of fresh cut roses. This morning, the nurses and landscapers teamed up to deliver more than 30 bouquets.
 
The program, called “This Bud’s for You,” was initiated by Sharp Grossmont Hospital landscapers 16 years ago. Since then, each Mother’s Day weekend, the landscapers harvest fresh cut flowers from the hospital gardens, which they grow and maintain themselves year-round. They then arrange the bouquets and deliver the flowers to new moms.

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MOTHERS RELAUNCH THE #MOMSUNITED CAMPAIGN FOR HUMANE GLOBAL DRUG POLICIES IN HONOR OF MOTHER'S DAY

Mothers from the United States, Canada, UK and Mexico are Speaking Out to Protect Drug Dependent Populations and Demand That They Receive Harm Reduction Services
 
May 11, 2024 (Spring Valley) -- In May 2024, Moms United to End the War on Drugs (U.S.) with partners Moms Stop the Harm (Canada), Recovering Justice (UK) and Red de Enlaces Nacionales (Mexico) are re-launching their #momsunited campaign (What Moms around the World Want for Mother’s Day).
 
Mothers are losing children to mass incarceration, drug war violence and accidental overdose across borders, due to to what organizers call, "the failed global war on drugs."  These moms are urging people to listen to their stories and to understand the need for a compassionate and tolerant approach to drug use and substance use disorders. They propose 8 actions that organizers claim will produce positive outcomes in saving the lives and liberties of our children:

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DR. WILMA J. WOOTEN HONORED WITH PRESTIGIOUS CALIFORNIA PUBLIC HEALTH AWARD

 
May 9, 2024 (Sacramento) -- The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) honored County Public Health Officer Dr. Wilma J. Wooten with its highest recognition, the Beverlee A. Myers Award for Excellence in Public Health. 

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COUNTY TO BUILD EAST REGION CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT AND RECOVERY BRIDGE IN EL CAJON

By Miriam Raftery
 
May 9, 2024 (El Cajon) – The County of San Diego has announced plans to construct a new East Region Crisis Stabilization Unit and Recovery Bridge Center at 2000 South Magnolia Avenue and West Douglas Avenue in El Cajon. These services are part of an array of mental health and substance use services that are regionally distributed across San Diego County and will enable those living in East County to access the care they need.

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SHARP HOSPICECARE BREAKS GROUND ON MOORE MOUNTAINVIEW HOSPICE HOME IN POWAY

Source: Sharp Healthcare
 
Photo: Groundbreaking ceremony with Lori Moore, registered nurse, and her family
 
May 9, 2024 (Poway) – Sharp HospiceCare broke ground on the Moore MountainView Hospice Home in Poway Tuesday, marking the introduction of its fourth hospice residence within San Diego County. Slated to open in early 2025, this homelike facility is designed to provide comfort and specialized care to patients and their families. It will feature six bedrooms, family rooms, a kitchen, a dinette, and a nurses’ station, along with a serene garden area for family gatherings.

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YOGA CLASSES RETURN TO WATER CONSERVATION GARDEN

By Miriam Raftery
 
May 8, 2024  (Rancho San Diego) – Yoga classes return to the beautiful and serene Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College. Open to the public for a nominal fee, the classes include chair yoga, sloth yoga, and gentle garden yoga.
 
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E. COLI CASES LINKED TO ORGANIC WALNUTS

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May 4, 2024 (San Diego) – A dozen people have become ill, including seven who were hospitalized, with E. coli infections linked to Gibson Farms organic walnut halves and pieces. The walnuts, which have been recalled, were sold in bulk bins at natural food stores and coops, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, though some of the walnuts may have been packaged in bags or clamshell packaging.

The walnuts were distributed in many states, but the illnesses to date occurred in California and Washington. 


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SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL LAUNCHES WALK WITH A DOC

A new initiative by Sharp Grossmont Hospital seeks to enhance health education, strengthen patient-physician relationships, and empower participants to take proactive steps towards their health
 
By Sharp HealthCare
 
April 26, 2024 (La Mesa) – In alignment with its commitment to "inspire communities through movement and conversation," Sharp Grossmont Hospital launched its new community engagement initiative, Walk With a Doc, Thursday. This innovative nationwide program is being led locally by Sharp-affiliated physicians Dr. Kaveh Bagheri and Dr. Ara Klijian.
 
Scheduled for the fourth Thursday of each month, Walk With a Doc aims to foster a stronger connection between the community and health care professionals. Each session begins with a brief educational talk focusing on vital health topics such as diet, lung and heart health, and the benefits of regular physical activity. Participants then walk with doctors and other hospital staff at Briercrest Park in La Mesa to continue the conversation.

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