The City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was established in 1906 to address public health and human service needs in the City of Long Beach. These services focus on the promotion of wellness and the prevention of communicable disease.
The Department operates independently from the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and is one of only three city-operated independent health jurisdictions in the state. (The other two are the cities of Pasadena and Berkeley.) See the history timeline of the DHHS. For DHHS Service Locations and phone numbers click here.
Please feel free to call our 24-hour information line for up to date information on any local public health issues of concern. For general Department information during regular business hours, please contact us at (562) 570-4000.
The Long Beach Diabetes Collaborative (LBDC) is an 18-month project funded by The California Endowment. The Project supports a community-based effort to address systems of care and support for diabetes prevention and management for low-income persons with or at-risk of diabetes in the City of Long Beach. For more information please visit the Long Beach Diabetes Collaborative.
The City of Long Beach has just launched the first discount Rx program for its residents!! This FREE program can help you and your family save up to 75% on prescriptions at over 50,000 pharmacies.There is no enrollment, age requirement, or income limitations. To receive a card click the following link: LongBeachDrugCard.com
Since weather forecasts predict peak temperatures to be in the low- to mid-90s for the next two days, the City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department), is reminding residents to play it safe and protect themselves from heat-related illness.
West Nile Virus (WNV) continues to be a public health concern in Long Beach. Although WNV has not yet been documented in the City of Long Beach this year, WNV activity has been reported in Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside and Kern Counties in April 2008. No human cases have been identified in the state this year.
SACRAMENTO – Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), today urged consumers to stop using lunch boxes, which have been distributed as CDPH nutrition educational items, after testing showed elevated levels of lead in three lunch boxes.
An emergency or disaster can range from inconvenient to devastating for you, your family and the community. The City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services' (Health Department) Public Health Emergency Management Program (PHEM) encourages you take simple steps to ensure the safety and well-being of you and your loved ones from a man-made and/or natural disaster.
In order to protect the safety of the residents and visitors of Long Beach, weekly water samples are collected and tested routinely to monitor bacterial levels.
Recent cases of murine typhus in neighboring cities have prompted the Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) to urge residents to take precautions against the flea-borne illness as the flea season approaches.
