Josephine M. Burgess, Author at The Sandiego Digest

Break from Muggy Weather Coming Up Midweek, Weather Service Says

The view Monday from weather service San Diego headquarters in Rancho Bernardo. Photo via @NWSSanDiego Twitter Thunderheads gathered over the San Diego...

SD Humane Society Reduces Adoption Fees for Monthlong ‘Clear the Shelters’ Campaign

“Boof” is one of many adoptable animals available at the San Diego Humane Society. Courtesy San Diego Humane Society The...

California Ranked as Healthiest and Fittest State in America

A man jobs along Mission Bay. Photo by Chris Stone A new study finds that California is the healthiest state...

‘Walking Miracles’ at Transplant Games Show World Organs Don’t Go to Waste

Backstroker competes at Transplant Games of America at UC San Diego’s Canyonview Aquatics Center. Photo by Chris Stone Shaleen Martel...

Omicron Better at Invading Young Noses Than Other Variants; Smell Loss May Predict Memory Issues

Children climb up a rope pathway. Photo by Chris Stone The following is a summary of some recent studies on...

San Diego County Declares Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Outbreak

Dr. Wilma Wooten discusses local monkeypox cases as Supervisor Nathan Fletcher looks on. Photo by Chris Jennewein San Diego County...

At SD Transplant Games, Organ-Donor Families Heartened by Healthy Recipients

Ashton Eden, Jen Eden and Chris Eden (left to right) with father Tim (behind Chris) march in the Transplant Games parade. Photo by...

COVID Pandemic Caused More Danes to Quit Smoking, UCSD Research Finds

A man smoking a cigarette. REUTERS / Shailesh Andrade Smoking makes it more likely for a person to develop severe...

Alzheimer’s Association Conference in San Diego Links Poverty to Dementia

Scenes from the 2022 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in San Diego. Photo via @alzassociation Twitter Several studies released Tuesday at...

San Diego County’s COVID Hospitalizations Increase By 17

A medical staff member treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit at Scripps Mercy Hospital in...

San Diego County Health Officials Report 897 New COVID-19 Cases, 8 Deaths

A San Diego Fire-Rescue paramedic vaccinates a San Diego resident. Photo via @SDFD Twitter San Diego County’s Health and Human Services...

Gov. Newsom Proclaims State of Emergency to Support CA’s Response to Monkeypox

Test tubes labeled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo ...

California’s Giant Sequoias Survived Latest Wildfire, But Their Luck Could Run Out

A giant sequoia in the Mariposa Grove remains unscathed in the Washburn Fire in July. REUTERS/Tracy Barbutes For millennia, giant sequoias...

San Diego-Based USS Tripoli Patrolling Near Taiwan as Nancy Pelosi Arrives

Marine Corps F-35B jets land on the USS Tripoli in April. Navy photo At lest four U.S. warships, including the...

The ‘Productive Struggle’ Paradox: Building AI That Teaches, Not Just Answers

How Local Businesses Can Grow with SEO and AI-Powered Content Marketing

Occams Advisory Earns 9th Inc. 5000 Honor, Soars to No. 798 in 2025

Josephine M. Burgess