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The CDC said the outbreak of the bacterial infection has affected 10 states, but many of the people with illnesses have traveled to or visited Florida.

Health officials with the CDC, White House and Health and Human Services said that while the risk of getting monkeypox is still very low, they want people to know what to look out for and how to get treated.

San Diego County reported four new shigellosis cases associated with an ongoing outbreak, bringing the total to 35 confirmed and three probable cases among individuals experiencing homelessness, the county announced Friday. The continuing investigation shows onset of the bacterial illness dates between Aug. 16 and Monday, with the four new cases occurring between Oct. 28 and Monday. The 38 cases…

NBC 7 has learned that both the 127th and 128th classes at the Miramar College-based public safety training program have been suspended following outbreaks of COVID-19 among its students and staff.

The CDC is warning consumers not to taste or eat raw cake batter, whether it’s homemade or from a mix, because it could contain harmful bacteria.

If you have shopped in-store or dined out since the pandemic started, you may have likely been to one of the places on a list of outbreaks obtained by KPBS. NBC 7 asked epidemiologist Corinne McDaniels-Davidson, Director of the SDSU Institute for Public Health, to put the list of more than a thousand outbreaks into context and explain what it…

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea, her dog and a veterinarian break down everything you need to know.

A San Diego church continues to defy public health orders, despite an outbreak of COVID-19. And after the county publicly identified Awaken Church in Kearny Mesa as the location of that outbreak, NBC 7’s Audra Stafford explains, it didn’t stop them from holding services this morning.

More than three-quarters of the inmates housed together in one unit of the George Bailey Detention Facility north of Otay Mesa have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department said Monday.

A UCSF medical facility in San Francisco reported Tuesday it had five confirmed cases of COVID-19.

With news of a COVID-19 outbreak reported at Point Loma Nazarene University, one local woman said she is concerned for her safety and the wellbeing of the surrounding community.

A spike in coronavirus cases at Point Loma Nazarene University has prompted a shelter-in-place. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford speaks with one surrounding community member who is concerned.

Major League Baseball has a potentially major league problem on its hands. At least a dozen members of the Miami Marlins have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Marlins played a 3-game series in Philadelphia over the weekend and were supposed to hold their first home game of the shortened season on Monday night in Miami against the Orioles….

Federal health officials have identified red onions from Thomson International in Bakersfield, California, as the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak. No deaths have been reported.

A COVID-19 outbreak has been reported at a Paradise Hills nursing home. NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo has details for you.

Nearly half of all residents and nearly two dozen staff members have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at a skilled nursing facility in the Paradise Hills neighborhood of San Diego.

An independent investigation into the deadly coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home released Wednesday said the facility’s leadership team made “substantial errors” in responding to the outbreak that resulted in the deaths of at least 76 veterans and the infection of an additional 84 veterans and over 80 staff members. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker hired former federal prosecutor Mark…

Beijing, China’s capital city, has reinstated restrictions after more than a hundred people were sickened from a market that feeds 80% of the city.

As dozens of states relax social distancing guidelines and allow businesses to reopen, health experts are warning a second wave of COVID-19 infections could be on the horizon. Thirty-two states have begun lifting restrictions as crowds flock to beaches, parks and shopping malls over the weekend.

Every day, for the past few weeks, Rosa Montiel, 63, walks to San Diego Post-Acute in El Cajon to see her sister, Lilly. The only view she gets is through a window. “Hello this is Rosa, can I have someone open the blinds so I can see Lilly?” asked Rosa on her cell phone, to a worker inside. Rosa’s sister...