https://www.countynewscenter.com Direct To You Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:45:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.countynewscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-County-Logo-Color-BT-vertical-circle-32x32.png https://www.countynewscenter.com 32 32 https://www.countynewscenter.com/deer-mouse-tests-positive-for-hantavirus-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deer-mouse-tests-positive-for-hantavirus-4 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:45:06 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=219391 Reading Time: 2 minutesA deer mouse collected in routine monitoring in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, prompting County officials to remind people to be careful not to come in contact with wild rodents.

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]]> https://www.countynewscenter.com/more-mosquitoes-test-positive-for-west-nile-virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-mosquitoes-test-positive-for-west-nile-virus Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:15:36 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=218910 Reading Time: 2 minutesMosquitoes collected recently in routine monitoring in the City Heights and Skyline neighborhoods of San Diego have tested positive for West Nile virus, prompting County officials to remind people to use the County’s “Prevent, Protect, Report” guidelines to keep mosquitoes from breeding and to protect themselves from mosquito-borne illnesses.

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]]> https://www.countynewscenter.com/people-get-up-close-look-at-combatting-mosquitoes-at-county-event/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=people-get-up-close-look-at-combatting-mosquitoes-at-county-event Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:43:27 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=218604 Reading Time: 2 minutesHundreds of people attended an outdoor open house hosted by County Vector Control Tuesday, held to educate the public about the importance of controlling vectors like mosquitoes that can transmit harmful diseases. 

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]]> https://www.countynewscenter.com/wild-bat-found-outside-in-oceanside-tests-positive-for-rabies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wild-bat-found-outside-in-oceanside-tests-positive-for-rabies Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:38:42 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=218584 Reading Time: 2 minutesCounty public health officials are looking for people who may have come in contact with a bat found on a sidewalk in Oceanside, on Westport Dr. between Point Sur and Marina Del Rey Ave. on July 18, 2025 that later tested positive for rabies.     

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]]> https://www.countynewscenter.com/get-the-buzz-on-mosquitoes-learn-how-to-avoid-the-bite-at-vector-control-open-house/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-the-buzz-on-mosquitoes-learn-how-to-avoid-the-bite-at-vector-control-open-house Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:55:15 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=218541 Reading Time: 2 minutesWant to learn more about protecting yourself from mosquito-borne illness? County Vector Control is holding an open house to tell you how to do that, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22, at the County Operations Center plaza, located at 5520 Overland Drive in San Diego.

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]]> https://www.countynewscenter.com/county-to-extend-mosquito-spraying-early-monday-tuesday-in-la-mesa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-to-extend-mosquito-spraying-early-monday-tuesday-in-la-mesa Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:31:39 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=218506 Reading Time: 3 minutesThe County plans to expand and extend ultra-low volume, truck-mounted, pesticide-mist treatments between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. Monday and Tuesday mornings in parts of La Mesa to reduce mosquito populations and protect the public from the potential spread of West Nile virus.

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]]> https://www.countynewscenter.com/county-to-spray-in-rolando-area-for-mosquitoes-to-reduce-risk-of-west-nile-virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-to-spray-in-rolando-area-for-mosquitoes-to-reduce-risk-of-west-nile-virus Mon, 07 Jul 2025 21:19:40 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=218482 Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County plans to conduct ultra-low volume, truck-mounted, pesticide spray treatments in the Rolando area this week to protect the public by reducing mosquito populations to keep them from potentially spreading West Nile virus.

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]]> https://www.countynewscenter.com/mosquitoes-test-positive-for-west-nile-virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mosquitoes-test-positive-for-west-nile-virus Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:33:53 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=218433 Reading Time: 2 minutesMosquitoes collected in routine monitoring in a mid-city region of San Diego have tested positive for West Nile virus—prompting County environmental health officials to remind people to protect themselves from mosquitoes that can transmit the virus.

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]]> https://www.countynewscenter.com/two-dead-crows-test-positive-for-west-nile-virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-dead-crows-test-positive-for-west-nile-virus Fri, 16 May 2025 17:05:44 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=218082 Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo dead crows recently collected in routine monitoring from Lemon Grove tested positive for West Nile virus, prompting County environmental health officials to remind people to protect themselves from mosquitoes that can transmit the virus to people.

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]]> https://www.countynewscenter.com/county-takes-to-the-sky-again-to-fight-mosquitoes-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-takes-to-the-sky-again-to-fight-mosquitoes-2 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:04:42 +0000 https://www.countynewscenter.com/?p=217698 Reading Time: 2 minutesSan Diego County’s Vector Control Program is scheduled to conduct its first routine aerial larvicide drops of the year next week on up to 52 local waterways to help stop mosquitoes from potentially spreading diseases like West Nile virus.

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