Be Gentle to Your Smile
Many of us are serious about our oral hygiene. Caring for our oral health helps promote a healthy smile and helps protect our general health. We do this by following a home dental care routine which…
A Healthy and Bright Smile for All Ages
Good dental hygiene habits are important for a healthy smile at every age. They can protect one from dental problems such as cavities and gum disease. Good dental hygiene habits are also essential…
September is National Gum Care Month
A healthy smile is a result of good oral health. Good oral health includes healthy teeth and healthy gums. Gums are the pink tissues that surround the base of your teeth and help keep them in place.…
OC Health Care Agency Issues Harbor Water Closure
(Santa Ana, CA) – The OC Health Care Agency Environmental Health Division has closed the harbor water area between the Pilgrim Dock, Youth Dock, and Baby Beach in the Dana Point Harbor due to a…
Press Conference on Declaration of Health Emergency and Proclamation of Local Emergency
(Santa Ana, CA) - County Health Officer Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong and CHOC Dr. Jasjit Singh and Dr. Melanie Patterson provided information on the high volume of respiratory infection cases affecting…
CD HEALTH ALERT Increasing Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Orange County and the Potential Tripledemic
In the last several weeks, OCHCA has continued see a rise in influenza cases in the county that is early and steep and suggests that our county will experience a severe influenza season. On…
CD HEALTH ALERT Monkeypox MPX in Orange County Updated Guidance on Exposures
On November 17, 2022, the CDC released Health Update, Managing Monkeypox in Patients Receiving Therapeutics . While cases rates have declined, new cases continue to be identified, including persons…
The OC Health Care Agency Recognizes and Supports World AIDS Day December 1 2022
(Santa Ana, CA) – The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) recognizes World AIDS Day 2022 as an opportunity to support the well-being of those with HIV; to remember those who have died from AIDS-…
CAHAN Reminder to Prescribe COVID19 Therapeutics to Mitigate Impact of Winter Respiratory Surge
Once an individual is diagnosed with COVID-19, early treatment with COVID-19-specific agents is the only existing strategy to markedly decrease risk of serious illness. There is ample supply of COVID…
As Winter COVID19 Cases Surge OC Health Care Agency Reminds Residents that COVID Therapeutics Are Effective and Widely Available
(Santa Ana, CA) – In response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a Health Alert to local health agencies…