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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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The Colorado Psychedelic Mushroom Experiment Has Arrived

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse , part of the National Institutes of Health, says the risk of mental health problems caused by ingesting mushrooms in a supervised clinical setting is low, but may be higher outside of a clinical setting. Kennedy Jr. said in a social media post last year, before his nomination as U.S.

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Unraveling an oral health mystery leads to rare autoimmune diagnosis

NC Health News

. “My mouth burst into blisters everywhere,” Letsky-Anderson told NC Health News in a recent phone interview. ” Letsky-Anderson’s journey is illustrative of a growing refrain in the oral health and broader medical community: the mouth is a window into overall health. Even drinking water was painful.”

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Legislative battle continues over how to address health care costs in North Carolina

NC Health News

The proposed reforms are part of a larger debate between the legislative chambers over how to make the health care system more affordable and accessible for consumers. NC Health News talked to seven health economists and one policy expert about what they think of the proposed reforms and the impact on consumer costs.

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An Ice Rink To Fight Opioid Crisis: Drug-Free Fun vs. Misuse of Settlement Cash

KFF Health News

” said Herrington, who is now in long-term recovery and works for a community mental health center, as well as a regional coalition to address substance use. Claire health system, which hires people in recovery to work in the system and pays for them to attend college or a certification program. That’s insane to me.”

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Barbershop Killing Escalates Trauma for Boston Neighborhood Riven by Gun Violence

KFF Health News

A 2020 study found that exposure to gun killings was linked to higher levels of depression, suicidal ideation, and other mental health difficulties. Brito maintains his innocence and we are looking forward to presenting his defense at trial,” Brito’s attorney, David Leon, said in a statement to KFF Health News.

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On the Front Lines Against Bird Flu, Egg Farmers Say They’re Losing the Battle

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“The mental toll on our team of dealing with that many dead chickens is just, I mean, you can’t imagine it,” Herbruck said. Within 24 to 48 hours of the first detection of the virus, state and federal animal health officials work with farms to cull infected flocks to reduce the risk of transmission.