Mercury poisoning linked to use of certain Mexican face creams
Mercury Poisoning Linked to Use of Face Cream The Orange County Health Care Agency warns against the use of face creams that appear to be homemade or imported from Mexico…
Chromium compound found in air samples in the City of Newport Beach
CHROMIUM COMPOUND FOUND IN AIR SAMPLES IN THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH (Santa Ana) - Information from ambient air monitoring provided by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)…
MMR vaccine highly recommended due to measles outbreak in Orange County
Orange County Health Care Agency For Immediate Release: March 27 2014 Contact: Nicole Stanfield, nstanfield@ochca.com, 714-834-2178 Measles Outbreak in Orange County MMR Vaccine Highly Recommended (Santa Ana) – Orange County…
Confirmed measles cases in Orange County
Confirmed Measles Activity in Orange County Underscores the Importance of Childhood Vaccination (Santa Ana) – The Orange County Health Care Agency has confirmed three cases of measles in Orange County in…
Orange County reports season’s first influenza death
Orange County Health Care Agency Orange County Reports Season's First Influenza Death Most Influenza in the County is pH1N1 (Santa Ana) - A 28 year-old Orange County woman died last…
Free flu shots on Thursdays and Saturdays for the uninsured
Get a Flu Vaccination for a Healthy Holiday Season Special Saturday Clinics (Santa Ana) – The Orange County Health Care Agency reminds people that the best way to prevent the…
Free flu shots for the uninsured offered at O.C. Health Care as of 11/7
Orange County Health Care Agency Press Release Orange County Reports Season's First Influenza Case Free Flu Vaccinations Every Thursday (Santa Ana) – The Orange County Health Care Agency is reporting…
Families and experts to discuss bullying at Safe Communities Meeting
Supervisor Todd Spitzer and the Orange County Health Care Agency Present: FAMILIES & EXPERTS TO DISCUSS BULLYING AT SAFE COMMUNITIES MEETING What: Parents, children and experts will share their moving…
October 15 marks National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
County of Orange, Health Care Agency Press Release "Commit to Speak"- National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (Santa Ana) – October 15 marks National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, which helps promote…
Food safety still a problem at some popular Downtown Santa Ana restaurants
It has been a few months since I took a look at the food safety records of many of the most popular bars and restaurants in Downtown Santa Ana. The…
Updated Downtown Santa Ana restaurant health and sanitation violations
Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer has requested that the Health Care Agency update the issue of the public's right to know about restaurant health and sanitation issues, which the Board of…
Problems at The Playground?
Gross...and $16! I came across an interesting article over in the OC Weekly today, about Santa Ana's "The Playground" restaurant. Apparently one of the OC Weekly's readers visited The Playground…
Free HIV testing in Orange County, to commemorate World AIDS Day
Orange County Health Care Agency World AIDS Day - "Getting to Zero" - Get Tested to Know Your Status World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1st, a day to…
Updated: Review of Downtown Santa Ana’s bar and restaurant health violations
We took a look at the the health and safety violations given to Downtown Santa Ana's bars and restaurants by the Orange County Health Care Agency, after this year's "Taste of Santa…
Free flu shots now available every Thursday at the OC Health Care Agency
FREE FLU VACCINATIONS AVAILABLE EVERY THURSDAY (Santa Ana) – The Health Care Agency is offering a walk-in clinic that will provide free seasonal flu vaccinations to persons 6 months of…