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California Health Alert Network (CAHAN) San Diego Alerts

See below for current (2025 and 2026) alerts sent to the San Diego medical and public health community. For alerts prior, see the Archive.

2026 CAHAN San Diego Alerts

Health Advisory  June 18

Health Advisory: Outbreak of Infant Botulism Linked to Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Infant Fomula

Health Advisory June 5

Health Advisory: World Cup 2026 and Summer Mass Gatherings

Health Advisory May 28

Health Advisory: Increase in E-Bike–Related Injuries in San Diego County: Prevention and Counseling Recommendations

Health Advisory  May 20

Health Advisory: Ebola Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Health Alert May 19

Health Alert Update #1: Amatoxin Poisoning from Foraged Wild Mushrooms

Health Alert Update #1: Testing for Potential Hantavirus Infection 

Health Alert  May 12

Health Alert: Hantavirus Among Cruise Ship Passengers

Health Alert  March 12

Health Alert: CDPH Recommends Immunizing Infants with RSV Monoclonal Antibodies through April 2026

Health Advisory  February 26

Health Advisory: Update #5: Update on Bicillin® L-A (penicillin G benzathine injectable suspension) Shortage

Health Advisory  February 18

Health Advisory: Update #1: Increasing Measles Activity in California

Health Advisory  February 4  

Health Advisory: Confirmed Measles Cases in Los Angeles and Orange Counties

Health Advisory — February 3

Health Advisory: Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII)

Health Advisory — January 23

Health Advisory Update #1: New World Screwworm Outbreak in Northern Mexico

Health Advisory — January 9

Health Advisory: West Coast Health Alliance Recommends American Academy of Pediatrics Vaccine Schedule

2025 CAHAN San Diego Alerts

Health Advisory — December 18

Health Advisory: Amatoxin Poisoning from Foraged Wild Mushrooms 

Health Advisory — November 18

Health Advisory: Update #1 Silicosis Becomes a Reportable Disease in California

Health Alert — November 12

Health Alert: Outbreak of Infant Botulism Linked to ByHeart Infant Formula

Health Advisory — November 7

Health Advisory: Hepatitis A Cluster and Increased Mpox Cases in San Diego County

Health Advisory — October 21

Health Advisory: Update #4: Community Spread of Clade I Mpox in Southern California

Health Advisory — October 6

Health Advisory: Updates to Fall 2025 Respiratory Virus Vaccine Recommendations in California

Health Advisory — September 22

Health Advisory: Update #1: Cross-border Pollution in the Tijuana River Valley and Potential Health Effects

Health Advisory — September 19

Health Advisory: Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Health Advisory — September 8

Health Advisory: New World Screwworm Outbreak in Mexico and Central America

Health Advisory — August 5

Health Advisory: Keeping Patients Safe During Extreme Heat Events

Health Advisory — July 16

Health Advisory Update #4: Update on Bicillin® L-A Availability and New Recall

Health Advisory — July 7

Health Advisory: Increased West Nile Virus detection in mosquitos, San Diego County

Health Advisory — July 3
         
Health Advisory: Increased Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD), San Diego County

Health Advisory — March 24

Health Advisory: Xylazine in the San Diego County Drug Supply

Health Advisory — March 11

Health Advisory: Expanding Measles Outbreak in the United States and Guidance for the Upcoming Travel Season

Health Advisory — February 26

Health Advisory: Adverse Events Following Receipt of Injectable Ceftriaxone

Health Advisory — February 14

Health Advisory: Subtyping of Influenza A in Hospitalized Patients

Health Advisory: Increased adolescent deaths in San Diego County due to seasonal influenza

Health Advisory — February 7

Health Advisory: Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania and Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda


Call the Epidemiology Unit at (619) 692-8499, or send an e-mail, for more information.