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The SPA 4 Area Health Office values communications with the people we serve. Here is the latest news from our office:
 
  • Chasing Disease on Skid Row Article
     
  • SPA 4 recognized for participation in Project YIMBY (local homeless initiative)
     
  • Employee of the Year: Angela Lozano, Nurse Manager for Hollywood-Wilshire Health Center
     
  • SPA 3 & 4 staff members awarded 2005 Outstanding Public Health Employee Awards
     
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    Metro Los Angeles SPA 4 provides public health services and works in partnership with communities to promote optimal health and well being for the area's residents.  Find more information about SPA 4 and the Area Health Office by clicking here.
    Flu is a contagious illness and the best way to prevent this illness is by getting a flu vaccination each fall. Flu viruses can spread through coughs and sneezes, usually from person to person. Sometimes people become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose. Most healthy adults can infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 days after becoming sick. You can pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.

    Symptoms of flu include:
    • fever (usually high)
    • headache
    • extreme tiredness
    • dry cough
    • sore throat
    • runny or stuffy nose
    • muscle aches
    • Stomach symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, also can occur but are more common in children than adults

    For more information, please visit our Health Topics Spotlight section.

    241 N. Figueroa St., Suite 312  |  Los Angeles, CA 90012  |  (213) 240-8049  |  spa4@ph.lacounty.gov

     

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