Homeless patients with COVID-19 often go back to life on the streets after hospital care, but there's a better way

What happens to unhoused people who get COVID-19?

J. Robin Moon, Adjunct Associate Professor, City University of New York • conversation
Nov. 25, 2020 ~8 min

Wait times remain stubbornly long in hospital emergency rooms

In a well-functioning health care system, the emergency room would be able to meet the needs of all of its patients in a timely manner.

Alex Woodruff, Policy Analyst, Boston University • conversation
April 29, 2020 ~8 min


How can the houseless fight the coronavirus? A community organization partners with academics to create a grassroots hand-washing infrastructure

A community effort is creating do-it-yourself hand-washing stations for the homeless population in Los Angeles.

Graham DiGuiseppi, Ph.D. student in the Department of Children, Youth and Families, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California • conversation
April 9, 2020 ~8 min

Abused children and partners, people with mental illness are all especially vulnerable with stay-at-home orders from coronavirus

Different groups in society can suffer from social distancing practices. That includes higher risk of domestic violence, child abuse and mental health problems.

Lynn Lieberman Lawry, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences • conversation
March 31, 2020 ~6 min

Abused children and family, people with mental illness are all especially vulnerable with stay-at-home orders from coronavirus

Different groups in society can suffer from social distancing practices. That includes higher risk of domestic violence, child abuse and mental health problems.

Lynn Lieberman Lawry, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences • conversation
March 31, 2020 ~6 min

These groups are among the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic

Different groups in society can suffer from social distancing practices. That includes higher risk of domestic violence, child abuse and mental health problems.

Lynn Lawry, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences • conversation
March 31, 2020 ~6 min

Coronavirus could hit homeless hard, and that could hit everyone hard

Many homeless people already have compromised immune systems. They are targets -- and conduits -- for COVID-19.

Michael Cousineau, Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California • conversation
March 13, 2020 ~8 min

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