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Mayor Breed Announces Budget Investments for Behavioral Health Efforts

The proposed budget builds on the work to address addiction and mental illness by expanding the Department of Public Health’s wide range of services

SAN FRANCISCO ENCOURAGES MPOX VACCINATIONS IN ADVANCE OF THE SUMMER SEASON AND PRIDE CELEBRATIONS

Although cases are low in San Francisco, mpox is still circulating in the United States. Being fully vaccinated against mpox will help prevent infections in the months ahead.

SAN FRANCISCO TO END COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND HEALTH ORDERS

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Xylazine Media Statement

The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has determined that four individuals who had died of drug overdoses had low levels of xylazine in their systems.

ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE DEATHS DECLINE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR AS FENTANYL/OPIOID EPIDEMIC RAGES NATIONWIDE 

City continues to ramp up overdose prevention efforts in 2023 with the expansion of treatment and availability of the antidote for opioid overdose 

WITH RESPIRATORY VIRUSES CIRCULATING, 12 BAY AREA HEALTH OFFICIALS RECOMMEND ACTIONS TO STAY HEALTHY FOR THE HOLIDAYS

This holiday season, another surge in COVID infections, along with high levels of influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), are straining healthcare systems and impacting families. 

SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN 5,000 HOLIDAY TURKEYS TO COMBAT FOOD INSECURTY   

City partners with the San Francisco African American Faith-Based Coalition and other community groups to feed people in need  

PROGRAM PROVIDING BASIC INCOME TO BLACK PREGNANT WOMEN EXPANDS TO HELP MOTHERS ACROSS THE STATE

Abundant Birth Project receives $5 million state grant to reduce preterm birth rates among Black mothers and provide babies a healthy start in life

Flexible payment of fees is now offered for food facilities

Eligible businesses can enter into flexible payment plans to pay public health license fees while remaining open.

SAN FRANCISCANS URGED TO PREPARE FOR COVID-19 AND INFLUENZA AS HOLIDAY SEASON APPROACHES

San Franciscans are encouraged to get the COVID-19 bivalent booster, annual flu vaccine and take other measures to protect themselves and others during the busy holiday season