San Francisco DPH is working to understand how the virus is spreading and to provide information and guidance to clinical providers and our community. The risk to the general population remains low.
The risk to the general public is low, but having close, intimate contact with multiple people can put a person at risk if monkeypox is spreading in the community
Twelve Bay Area health officers are stressing the importance of taking safety precautions, including continued masking indoors, as the region experiences a new swell of COVID cases and hospitalizations.
COVID-19 will be with us for some time and may present new challenges, so now is the time for San Franciscans to get prepared with vaccinations, rapid test kits, masks, and access to medical care.
Despite significant improvements to patient safety, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has terminated Laguna Honda’s participation in the healthcare safety net program; City to reapply and demonstrate it meets all care requirements.
San Franciscans can be prepared for COVID-19 by knowing if they, or someone they love, are at high risk for severe illness and how to get COVID-19 medicines.
SFDPH announced today 204 public health staff have been hired to support people who are experiencing homelessness or are marginally housed and have mental health or substance use disorders.
The new mobile testing vans are part of a strategy to be able to rapidly expand or contract testing as needed as the high-capacity 7th and Brannan test site closes on March 31.