California public health officials have announced a multi-month mussel quarantine, cautioning that naturally occurring toxins make the species potentially poisonous to humans this time of year.

The cuts also targeted mental health-related grants, which would have cost the California Department of Health Care Services roughly $120 million, a CDPH spokesperson said in a statement.

Then, in October 2023, an email came from the Pasadena Public Health Department: A person in the city had contracted California’s first-known case of dengue from a local mosquito. “When it happens in ...

While his budget adds 15 positions to the California Department of Public Health’s disease surveillance system, that alone won’t be enough to make up for the gutting of federal agencies.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency for California on Friday to address the health impacts of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County.

California and more than a dozen states are suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over the termination of $11 billion in “critical” public ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a quarantine for all recreationally harvested mussels for the entire coastline from May 1 through Oct. 31.

The California Department of Public Health said variations in symptoms between the NB.1.8.1 variant and the original COVID-19 strain have not yet been identified.

As President Trump vows to rein in government spending and saddle federal money with new restrictions, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has a lot at stake — including about $1 ...