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  • October 14, 2004: A local coalition of public health, hospital, and community clinic representatives is working on a plan to ensure people at highest risk receive an adult flu vaccine.
  • October 6, 2004: State Public Health Officer Dr. Richard Joseph Jackson asked healthy Californians today to forgo a flu shot this year to ensure that vaccine is available for individuals at highest risk of pneumonia and other flu-related complications.
  • October 6, 2004: Public Health Department is working actively with a community collaborative of large medical groups, hospitals, pharmacies and other health care community partners to provide guidance on the prioritization of our limited vaccine resource this flu season.
  • October 5, 2004: The Public Health Department is working to address a shortage of adult flu vaccine caused by the temporary license suspension of nationwide supplier of vaccine.
  • October 5, 2004: A 24-year-old Santa Barbara resident who worked out of state for several months this past summer has tested positive for West Nile Virus.
  • August 12, 2004: Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has confirmed that a crow positive for West Nile Virus has been found in the Solvang area.
  • July 29, 2004: The Santa Barbara County Public Health Officer has issued a reporting that two crows in the Santa Maria/Orcutt and Summerland communities have tested positive for West Nile Virus.
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  • February 10, 2004: Public Health Department officials report an outbreak of Pneumococcal disease at the Santa Barbara area homeless shelters.
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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