BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County is bracing for impacts to its public health services after receiving a sudden stop work order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, halting ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern residents are suffering a health care risk due to reductions in the county’s 2025-2026 ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Members of SEIU Local 521 protested Wednesday against impending layoffs at the Kern County Public Health Department, warning about reduced services for community residents ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Public Health Department announced a free flu clinic for Sunday. The clinic is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2 at the Kern County ...

As the Kern County Health Department staff gathered at a potluck dinner at Lowell Park on a sunny July afternoon in 1954, Dr. William C. Buss, county health officer, presented his assistant with a ...

The California Department of Public Health is investigating Valley fever cases among people who traveled through Kern County in May to attend the outdoor music festival Lightning in a Bottle. Valley ...