Category: One Health, One Heart

USC Dornsife researchers say mass-produced dwellings and home expansion have reduced residential green cover as much as 55 percent Source: https://today.usc.edu/mass-produced-dwellings-home-expansion-reduce-l-a-areas-residential-green-cover/ May 01, 2017Ian Chaffee Plant a tree, save the…Continue readingWhere have the trees gone? L.A. area’s green cover down dramatically in just 10 years

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Other Texas animal shelters are assisting in the rescues.  By Ariana Garcia,Trending News ReporterJuly 11, 2024 Source: https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/beryl-houston-spca-animals-19567133.php Hundreds of displaced animals left orphaned and injured after Hurricane Beryl tore through Houston on Monday have been rescued.…Continue readingMore than 1,000 animals rescued in wake of Hurricane Beryl

Source: https://apnews.com/article/climate-glimpse-beryl-heat-wave-extreme-weather-9a3f7de48114814869fd3405469265e3 BY  THE ASSOCIATED PRESSUpdated 5:46 AM PDT, July 8, 2024 As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas and extreme heat blankets much of the U.S. South and West, the world is set for…Continue readingCLIMATE GLIMPSE: Heat and a hurricane descend on the U.S., other wild weather around the world

By Ben Turner published 20 hours ago Source: https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-last-12-months-have-broken-records-like-never-before-earth-exceeds-15-c-warming-every-month-for-entire-year?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZrpa0HR0alk9tdfAXBm4mHEkSGwqb4exzbrUmnOm9DOXfYJpdk_VP6sIw_aem_k7p9jlqaRC2A6YHrTVw3Ig Every month has broken the temperature record of the previous for the past 12 months, and the signs of climate breakdown are already here,…Continue reading‘The last 12 months have broken records like never before’: Earth exceeds 1.5 C warming every month for entire year

Source: https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/article/california-native-americans-won-healthcare-settlement-federal-government-hasnt-delivered/ BY YESENIA AMARO UPDATED MAY 03, 2021 8:44 AM The court rulings brought hope. Finally, California’s Native American population — the nation’s largest — would receive its rightful share…Continue readingCalifornia Native Americans Won Healthcare Settlement. Federal Government Hasn’t Delivered

Source: https://www.ihs.gov/california/index.cfm/health-programs/eligibility/urban-indian-eligibility/?mobileFormat=0 An “Urban Indian” eligible for services, as codified at 25 U.S.C. § 1603(13), (27), and (28), is any individual who:

Source: https://lanaic.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Healthy-LA-Native-Infographic.pdf Accessing health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives is complicated. Between June and October of 2016, 501 American Indians and Alaska Natives who live in Los Angeles…Continue readingAccessing health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives in Los Angeles County