Press Releases

On Monday, October 3, 2022, 5:30 thru 8:00 p.m., the San Joaquin County Opioid Safety Coalition (SJCOSC), San Joaquin County Office of Education (SJCOE) and San Joaquin County Public Health Services (SJCPHS) are hosting a virtual and in-person fentanyl awareness town hall at SJCOE’s Wentworth Education Center on 2707 Transworld Drive, Stockton, to provide information and resources on the fentanyl crisis afflicting our communities. The primary focus of the event is to educate youth ages 14 to 25 and their families on the dangers of fentanyl. The event will end with distribution of naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug, to the participants.

Stockton, CA - September 7, 2022 - San Joaquin County is offering the Bivalent COVID-19 Booster vaccines and expects an increase in vaccine availability in the coming weeks. Locations and vaccination events where the bivalent vaccines are available can best be found on SJReady.org website, and will soon be made available on MyTurn.ca.gov, too.

Stockton, CA (August 2, 2022): San Joaquin County Public Health Services (SJCPHS) is reporting that, as of August 2, 2022, there have been six monkeypox cases in San Joaquin County residents.

Stockton, CA (July 21, 2022) – San Joaquin County Public Health Services (SJCPHS), working with California Department of Public Health, is investigating the first probable case of monkeypox infection in the county.

San Joaquin County Public Health Services (PHS) confirmed today that five (5) more County residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19, bringing the total to eight (8). This number includes travel-related cases and their contacts, and we are now seeing some evidence of community spread – meaning, cases of unknown origin.