Dr. Drew Predicts Typhus Outbreak: Understanding The Symptoms, Treatment, And Why It’s Hitting Los Angeles
In February, Dr. Drew warned that health epidemics were on the way for major cities with sanitation problems in homeless communities. Unfortunately, over the past few days, this has come to pass in the form of a murine typhus outbreak affecting residents of Los Angeles, Pasadena, Long Beach, and...
Homelessness + Sanitation Problems = Disease
A warning from Dr. Drew: the homeless crisis puts Los Angeles and other major cities at risk of norovirus and typhus plague outbreaks. Here's a history of the problem and what needs to be done to fix it.
