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Amid Wildfire Trauma, L.A. County Dispatches Mental Health Workers to Evacuees

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. “I could see people standing on the roof, watering it, trying to protect it from the fire, and they just looked so hopeless,” said Ramirez, a community outreach worker with the Pasadena Public Health Department. However, with each extreme weather event, the county has improved its support for evacuees, she said.

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Frontline health clinics adapt to climate challenges with assistance from a free resource

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The Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit provided Helping Hand, which offers medical services to low-income and uninsured residents of Lee and Harnett counties, a road map for preparing the staff and its patients for storms and other climate catastrophes.” Chan School of Public Health.

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Public Health Risks of Urban Wildfire Smoke Prompt Push for More Monitoring

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So, the professor of environmental health at Colorado State University devised a plan to get answers. “These disaster events keep happening. “These disaster events keep happening. The EPA press office declined to comment in an e-mail to KFF Health News. A measure by U.S. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

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Public health risks of urban wildfire smoke prompt push for more monitoring

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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. So, the professor of environmental health at Colorado State University devised a plan to get answers. These disaster events keep happening. The EPA press office declined to comment in an email to KFF Health News. A measure by U.S.