Health
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Mosquitoes collected recently in routine monitoring in the City Heights and Skyline neighborhoods of San Diego have tested positive for West Nile virus, prompting County officials to remind people to use the County’s “Prevent, Protect, Report” guidelines to keep mosquitoes from breeding and to protect themselves from mosquito-borne illnesses.
Health
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Two dead crows recently collected in routine monitoring from Lemon Grove tested positive for West Nile virus, prompting County environmental health officials to remind people to protect themselves from mosquitoes that can transmit the virus to people.
Public Safety
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The numbers are in. The medical examiner says for 2015, the most recent year available, deaths from drug use are up and the kinds of drugs being used are changing – sometimes unknowingly to the buyer.
