A nationwide E. Coli outbreak that has resulted in more than 30 hospitalizations and prompted health officials to instruct consumers to stay away from romaine lettuce may have started in Monterey County. Read More …
Even though California recorded the highest ever number of cases of Valley Fever last year, cases of the disease are spiking this year, particularly in San Luis Obispo County. Read More …
The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department announced Thursday tests have confirmed that two people caught influenza viruses from contact with pigs at the California Mid-State Fair. Read More …
Editor’s Note: Sheriff Ian Parkinson’s full statement is at the bottom of the article. In response to an outcry triggered by the release of the video showing a mentally ill man’s Read More …
The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department announced Monday that a 56-year-old woman died of complications related to type B influenza, marking the first death of what is described as Read More …
For the sixth time in 2017, a San Luis Obispo County resident has died of valley fever, according to the county’s public health department. The latest person to die of the Read More …
Five birds collected in San Luis Obispo County in 2017 have tested positive for West Nile virus, an unusually high number, according to the San Luis Public Health Department. One of Read More …
Three bats have tested positive for rabies since June in San Luis Obispo County, a number that is higher than usual, according to the SLO County Public Health Department. Two of Read More …
With new cases of STDs at an all-time high nationwide, chlamydia and gonorrhea are steadily on the rise in San Luis Obispo County. In 2016, there were 1.59 million cases of Read More …
A South County woman’s complaints about a mouse scampering though the salsa bar of the Nipomo Carl’s Jr. on Sunday led to the restaurant. Jennifer Colman snapped a photo of the Read More …