Santa Barbara County Public Health Department

More Californians are now dying from the flu than from COVID-19, marking the first time since 2020.

Santa Barbara County Public Health has confirmed that two house cats in Goleta died from bird flu.

In today's KCBX News update: KCBX Public Radio will end its FM broadcast into Santa Barbara but continue news coverage there, and Rep. Salud Carbajal announced new public health grants for the area today.

Three Central Coast-based health centers are expecting to receive more than $11 million in federal funding this month.The money will be distributed from…

Since COVID-19 positivity rates are down and safety programs have been approved by the county, Santa Barbara Unified School District is ready to re-open…

Younger adults are contributing to the rise in COVID-19 cases in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, and a spike in confirmed cases statewide has…

Following a measles quarantine of hundreds of students at Los Angeles universities, Central Coast health officials are on high alert, they say. Since…

Hospitals around the Central Coast are seeing a huge influx of patients suffering from flu symptoms. “Flu is here. It's a little bit earlier this year…

New data released Tuesday from the California Department of Public Health reveals cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and infections are on the…

In early August, Monterey County announced its first travel-related case of Zika Virus, marking a first for the Central Coast.A few weeks later and Santa…