07-03-2020 16:46 via news.yahoo.com

Homeless at 'double risk' of getting, spreading coronavirus

They often don't have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps.Almost 200,000 people live in those conditions in the United States, according to a White House report, with Washington state, California and Oregon among the states most affected by homelessness as income inequality grows and housing costs rise.Health officials have not yet reported coronavirus outbreaks among homeless populations, but tuberculosis and other diseases have swept thro
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