On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her Medicaid application as others at the shelter got ready for the day in this northwestern Montana city.
Apr 29, 2024
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A study led by UC San Francisco has found that people who are experiencing homelessness have a 16-fold higher rate of sudden death from heart attacks, as well as other causes.
Oct 23, 2023
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Local authorities should not wait for extreme weather conditions to take action to address homelessness, warn authors of new study published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Jun 30, 2023
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Quitting alcohol or drugs was not a top priority for people experiencing homelessness in a harm reduction treatment study, yet participants still reduced their use of both.
Jun 14, 2023
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Over the past year, cities across the United States have unveiled new policy plans to address homelessness amid rising concerns about health and crime—for homeless people themselves, as well as for surrounding communities. ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Hospitals are feeling the strain from a COVID surge, a bad flu season and an increasing number of RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, cases. Child-friendly versions of cold and flu medications are scarce on store shelves ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Primary health care service outreach (PHSO) interventions, where patients are attended to in their own environment, could be key to improving health in the homeless population, finds a new UCL study.
Nov 17, 2022
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The difficulties in defining schizoaffective disorder, as well as complications associated with managing homeless patients, result in considerable challenges for homeless people with schizoaffective disorder, according to ...
Nov 16, 2022
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As a society we cannot hope to end homelessness unless we first address the trauma that many homeless people have suffered throughout their lives—that is the headline finding of a new report "Tackling Trauma, Ending Homelessness."
Nov 2, 2022
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Nearly 2,000 homeless people died in Los Angeles County during the first year of the pandemic, an increase of 56% from the previous year, driven mainly by drug overdoses, authorities said.
Apr 24, 2022
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