Our Mission: To improve the quality of life of the residents of Long Beach by addressing public health and human service needs and by promoting a healthy environment in which to live, work and play.
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 City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) is alerting the public about fleaborne typhus, a disease transmitted by fleas. Since July 2009, eight (8) cases of fleaborne typhus have been reported among Long Beach residents throughout the City, an increase over previous years.
The City of Long Beach Animal Care Services and JustinRudd’s Haute Dog Network are joining forces to get (200) Long Beach dogs fixedbefore the end of October in the “Haute Dog Fix” canine spay and neuter voucherprogram. This program will provide one $100 canine spay and neuter vouchers tothe first (200) Long Beach residents who get their dogs fixed at aparticipating local veterinary clinic.
Health officials just received confirmation of the first fatality in Long Beach due to pandemic H1N1 influenza virus (previously known as swine flu). The patient was a man in his mid-20’s with an underlying medical condition who became ill in late June, was hospitalized, but died of complications in early July. In the last three weeks, 15 other residents of Long Beach have been reported as hospitalized due to pandemic H1N1, and over 73 total cases have been reported in Long Beach since the start of the outbreak.
