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By Anna Maria Barry-Jester
Communities across California, frustrated with the growing number of homeless people living on public property, have tasked police and sanitation workers with dismantling encampments they say pose a risk to health and safety. The routine cleanups have spawned another public health concern: the loss of the displaced people's personal possessions, including medicines. 5 Things To Know As California Starts Screening Children For Toxic Stress
By Barbara Feder Ostrov
California now will pay pediatricians to screen Medi-Cal patients for traumatic events known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. The program is based on research showing that children who endure chronic stress have an increased risk of developing serious health problems. Here are five things to know about the new program. Fecal Bacteria In California's Waterways Increases With Homeless Crisis
By Anna Almendrala
Some of California's most prized rivers, bays, beaches and streams are contaminated with levels of fecal bacteria that exceed state limits, threatening human health. While aging sewage infrastructure is largely to blame, homeless encampments are also a probable source of contamination. | | | | | |
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