San Diego Health Officials Hopeful Worst Of Hep A Outbreak Is Over
So far in December, only two infections have been found, compared to 20 cases last month.
KPBS:
Hepatitis A Outbreak Most Likely Over, Public Health Emergency Could End Soon
San Diego County health officials said the worst of the hepatitis A outbreak is most likely over and that the local health emergency could end by January 2018. ...From May to September, the county confirmed around 80 hepatitis A cases per month. (Hoffman, 12/19)
In other public health news —
Los Angeles Times:
Rich People Experience Happiness In A More Self-Centered Way Than Poor People, Study Suggests
Rich people are different from the rest of us — and that includes the way they experience happiness.Instead of feeling positive emotions that involve connections with other people, their happiness is more likely to be expressed as feelings that focus on themselves, new research shows. However, this difference doesn't necessarily mean that high-income people have more total happiness than people who earn less.The findings were published this week in the journal Emotion, and they seemed to fit a larger pattern, according to the psychologists who conducted the study. (Kaplan, 12/19)
Capital Public Radio:
Sac PD Training Officers How To Interact With People With Mental Illness
Sacramento Police Department officers are training this week to safely interact with people who are under severe mental distress. In the past 18 months, Sac PD Officers have shot and killed two men in high-profile cases. (Moffitt, 12/19)
Capital Public Radio:
CARB Approves $663 Million For Clean Trucks, Low-Income Communities
California wants more environmentally friendly vehicles on the road so much so that the state has approved $663 million to do just that. The main purpose of the funding approved by the California Air Resources Control Board, or CARB, is to eliminate diesel emissions. (Romero, 12/19)