Homeless at ‘double risk’ of getting, spreading coronavirus

Salem, Ore. • They often don’t have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps.That’s what makes homeless people particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus. 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.And — in a possible recip