Public Health: Will Los Angeles Go The Way Of Paris?

Will Los Angeles go the way of Paris?  The City of Angels can learn a lot about public health from the capital of croissants. Not long ago, I came across a book about the trials and tribulations of a giant city. This city was reeling from a seemingly endless migration of rural peoples from its south. Its traditional family structure was strained - papa and mama both had to work. Most of them had to live in housing close to sources of polluted air. Infectious disease was rampant but largely untreated. Most had  known hunger in their lifetimes. Their mothers likely experienced some kind of trauma while pregnant, thus predisposing their children to chronic disease.  read more

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