Late last month, a destructive citrus disease was detected for the first time in San Bernardino County. The quarantine area for the economically devastating citrus greening disease has been expanding in an attempt to keep it from reaching the commercial groves in the Southern San Joaquin Valley. According to the California Department of Food and […]

A highly contagious and deadly bird virus was detected at a veterinary clinic in the Bay Area city of Redwood City last month, which has alarmed the Bay Area’s poultry community. The deadly bird disease is called Virulent Newcastle Disease and it has unfortunately spread north from Southern California. The disease was first reported on […]

After two years since the deadly hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego started, the city has finally declared that the outbreak is finally over. The hepatitis A outbreak killed 20 people, sickened nearly 600, and spurred a complete rethink of how the San Diego region handles homelessness. It is believed that the first likely case […]

Earlier last month, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 239 (SB 239) that lowers the crime of knowingly exposing a sexual partner to HIV without disclosing the infection from a felony to a misdemeanor. SB 239 will also apply to those who give blood without telling the blood bank that they are HIV-positive. According to […]