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More than 1 million gallons of sewage spill in Goleta, closing beach

Written on 26 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than 1 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Goleta Slough and Pacific Ocean last week, resulting in the closure of a Santa Barbara County beach. [SF Gate] A storm that flooded parts of the Central... (Continue reading)

8 Zika virus cases on the Central Coast

Written on 22 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Health officials have confirmed a total of eight cases of the Zika virus in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. Seven of the eight locals who contracted the virus are Santa Barbara County residents. Local public health workers confirmed... (Continue reading)

SLO County resident contracts Zika virus

Written on 13 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Health officials have confirmed the first case of the Zika virus in San Luis Obispo County. A person who lives in North County contracted Zika while visiting a part of Mexico where the virus has been detected, according to the... (Continue reading)

Five Santa Barbara County residents infected with Zika virus

Written on 27 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Santa Barbara County health officials have confirmed a total of five residents in the county who have contracted the Zika virus. Three of the five Zika cases were confirmed this month. Each of the individuals who tested positive for the... (Continue reading)

Officials confirm first Zika virus case in Santa Barbara County

Written on 26 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Health officials have confirmed a Santa Barbara County resident tested positive for the Zika virus. The person who tested positive is a pregnant woman who contracted the virus during travel to Central America, according to the county public health department.... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria woman tested for Zika virus

Written on 19 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A Santa Maria woman honeymooned in Costa Rica this month and returned to the Central Coast with numerous mosquito bites and a suspected case of the Zika virus.  [KCOY] Lab results are not expected to be ready for three weeks,... (Continue reading)

7 patients infected with hepatitis C

Written on 6 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Santa Barbara health officials have identified seven patients of a area sports clinic who have tested positive for hepatitis C. The clinic was closed down in April after investigators discovered its staff was not following proper protocols to protect patients... (Continue reading)

West Nile virus detected in Goleta

Written on 15 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Mosquitoes collected at Lake Los Carneros in Goleta on April 2 tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department. April’s positive result marks the earliest detection of West Nile in Santa Barbara County.... (Continue reading)

Did Santa Barbara health clinic infect patients with Hepatitis C?

Written on 8 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Santa Barbara health officials have closed a medical clinic while they try to determine if its staff infected patients with Hepatitis C and other blood-borne illnesses. In February, a patient at the unnamed clinic was diagnosed with an acute case... (Continue reading)

Traveler tested for Ebola in Santa Barbara County

Written on 23 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Doctors are testing and monitoring a traveler who recently returned from one or more countries that experienced an Ebola epidemic. [KSBY] Santa Barbara County health officials say the case is a low risk situation and highly unlikely to be Ebola.... (Continue reading)