Hantavirus discovered in San Diego County deer mice
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BOULEVARD (CNS) - Two deer mice collected during routine vector surveillance activities in Boulevard a census-designated place near Manzanita in southeastern San Diego County have tested positive for hantavirus, county environmental health officials announced Wednesday.
While this is the first detection of hantavirus in the region this year, the virus is not uncommon in San Diego County, officials said. In 2020, 25 rodents collected in routine monitoring by County Vector Control tested positive for hantavirus.
There is no cure or vaccine for hantavirus and it can potentially cause deadly infections in people. People can be exposed to hantavirus when wild rodents shed it in their urine, feces and saliva, the matter dries and is stirred into the air where people can breathe it in.
SkyRanger 7 flew over a pretty empty San Diego as the stay-at-home order continues to remain in effect.
Desmond said at a news conference Thursday outside Phil s BBQ in Rancho Bernardo, waiving permit fees would provide necessary relief to an industry hard-hit by a year of business loss due to COVID-19 shutdowns. I want to make sure they survive and the ones that I ve been able to stay open will survive through this next year and beyond, Desmond said.
Restaurant owners championed the idea, like the owner of El Avocado restaurant in La Jolla, Daniel La Salle, who urged the board to pass the proposal when it is presented at their board meeting on Wednesday, May 5.
2021 Presidential Core Values Award for Knowledge: Abree Johnson, MS, MBA April 21, 2021 Lou Cortina
With inquisitive nature and ability to multitask, director of pharmaceutical research computing is a great asset to the School of Pharmacy.
To celebrate and promote the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) core values, the University hands out
Presidential Core Values Awards, designed to recognize students, faculty, and staff who embody the seven values at the heart of UMB’s mission: accountability, civility, collaboration, diversity, excellence, knowledge, and leadership.
Knowledge Award Winner:
Abree Johnson, MS, MBA, director, Pharmaceutical Research Computing, School of Pharmacy
Abree Johnson, MS, MBA, says she’s naturally inquisitive, a trait that explains her success as director of the Pharmaceutical Research Computing (PRC) data analytics unit at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP).
Humboldt County Code Enforcement
If Humboldt County departments were backyards, the Code Enforcement Unit would have so much trash piled up that concerned neighbors would call the . well, you get the picture. At a recent presentation given to the board of supervisors, the department offered an alarming picture of just how dysfunctional it has become. Code Enforcement Unit Manager Karen Meynall presented an articulate but dismal report on the unequal balance of needs to the department s staffing level, which sits at 11 people. Of these, five are code compliance officers and three are investigators. The remainder are administrative staff. The traditional team [the officers who deal with non-cannabis related complaints] currently has nearly 700 cases that are open with approximately 450 still unassigned to staff, Meynall said. A full-time workload consists of approximately 40 cases. The two most seasoned staff members each have over 75 cases assigned to the
SD County reopens Imperial Beach shoreline for recreation
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Lenny Ignelzi
FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2007, file photo, the beaches adjacent to the Tijuana Estuary. Officials in California are crying foul after more than 140 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Tijuana River in Mexico and flowed into the U.S. for more than two weeks. A report released Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, by the International Boundary and Water Commission says the spill was caused Feb. 2 by an apparent rupture in a sewage collector pipe and wasn t contained until Thursday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)
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