San Joaquin County Health Overview

AS BIRD FLU takes it toll around the nation, San Joaquin County has jumped to the forefront, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting the virus has spread to 627,800 commercial egg-laying chickens.The disclosure underscores how quickly the highly pathogenic …

FOR SURGEONS, USING San Joaquin General Hospital’s newest robot is like “playing a virtual reality game in which everything is in 3D,” the hospital says. “Your hands are the instruments.”The roughly $3 million Da Vinci 5 Surgical System — an …

California may have more than a million fighting birds, according to the Center for a Humane Economy.

Public health officials have confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus for 2024 in San Joaquin County.A 57-year-old man from Stockton who was infected with the virus received medical services at a Sacramento-area health care facility, the county …

Water fountains and sinks will remain closed until further notice at Davis Elementary School in Stockton after testing showed E. coli bacteria present in the water on campus, school officials announced this week. 

Learn what's getting into Californians’ lungs and why it matters.

Health officials announced a temporary ban on swimming at Lodi Lake after tests Wednesday showed unsafe levels of bacteria, the Lodi Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department said.

A higher minimum wage for health care workers that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law is set to take effect in two weeks, but he is racing to delay it because of its potential impact on the state budget deficit.

California voters narrowly passed Proposition 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s measure to fund mental health housing. He’s prodding counties to use the money quickly.

How the California mental health crisis emerged out of the state’s history of deinstitutionalization and laws designed to protect the mentally ill, as well as the communities around them.