Homelessness Remains A Risk That kind of federal assistance, however, is almost always transitory. And the homeless, those at risk, and those working to help them both can’t count on that moving forward. Which makes the latest research from theUniversity of Georgiaall the more compelling. ...
doi:10.1056/NEJMp2405441Premature death is common among people experiencing homelessness. The profound neglect that people who are homeless experience in life is just as tragic in death.Katherine A. Koh, M.D.The New England Journal of Medicine...
said additional contributing factors for the leveling off could be growing awareness within the homeless population of the risks of fentanyl and even the diminished number of fentanyl users due to deaths.
Fueled by days of heavy rain, the floodwaters also left thousands of Germans homeless after their dwellings were destroyed or deemed to be at risk, and elected officials began to worry about the lingering economic effects from lost homes and businesses. Elsewhere in Europe, dikes on swollen r...
The temperature checks and social distancing at the American Red Cross shelter helped put her mind at ease. Now the family waits, hoping their house will survive. She has previously experienced homelessness. “I’m tired. I’m tired of starting all over. Getting everything, working for every...
But if the only way to keep people off the tracks is to solve homelessness and mental illness, Chevron worker McNaughton says this may be a problem that is too big for a transit agency to solve. "Good luck to 'em," he said. "I don't know what they're going to do…I really do...
Her life was marked by artistic reinvention, from her early pop success to her gritty album Broken English. Despite personal struggles with addiction and periods of homelessness, Faithfull's influence endured through her music and acting career. Read More: Los Angeles Times Age: Dec. at 78 ...
Comedian Martin Mull (August 18, 1943-June 27, 2024) played characters, and himself, with a droll, sardonic edge – a casualness that was hip and arresting, whether in sitcoms like "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," "Fernwood Tonight," "Roseanne," "Arrested Development" and "Veep," to appea...
“They don’t want to raise their chances of contracting the virus living in cramped and overcrowded conditions and they genuinely feel more secure going back out on the streets.” The homeless housing advocate warned that there could be even more deaths due to temperatures deteriorating. ...
California has secured 7,000 rooms and hopes to reserve as many as 15,000 to house homeless people as the state fights the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. A total of 869 people have moved in so far, Gov. Gavin Newsom said. "Homelessness is a crisis that predates the current crisis. We...