Candice Steed’s childhood was shaped by her mother’s losing battle with a disease that has reached epidemic proportions in California.
Tag: Healthy Communities
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Politics or Not, Komen OC’s ‘Race for the Cure’ Is Still On
Komen OC Executive Director Lisa Wolter discusses “the logistics of throwing an event for 30,000 of our best friends” and how a nationwide controversy has affected this year’s run.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Outdoors, Top Stories
Changing Climate May Expand Valley Fever’s Deadly Impact
As the average temperature ticks up with each passing decade, experts are concerned that cases of the potentially lethal disease will increase rapidly.
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Just One Breath
Valley fever, a disease people contract from breathing fungal spores contained in soil, has reached epidemic proportions in parts of California. Yet it is so little known and misunderstood that people have died without ever having known they had it.
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‘Tired Doesn’t Do It Justice’
Emily Gorospe was a typical 6-year-old girl with a passion for dancing until valley fever struck. It left her so sick she couldn’t walk down the hallway from her bedroom.
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Valley Fever Cases Missed Because of Lack of Awareness
Problems with screening for the disease and tracking it over time mean thousands of cases go undetected every year.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation, Westminster
Ambulance Company Raises Concerns in Both OC and LA
Records of spotty performance and murky ownership have fire department officials worried about the Huntington Beach-based Shoreline Ambulance Corp.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Youth Push to Re-Claim Downtown Cultural Landmark
When a coalition of Latino youth groups decided to hold a concert at the downtown Yost Theater, they unwittingly stumbled into a decades-old controversy. Now they have a plan.
Posted inEducation, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Schools Where Dental Clinics and Algebra Classes Share a Hallway
Healthcare is increasingly moving into schools, a trend that supporters say improves the health of needy families.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
In Social Services Agency, ‘We Go On Because the Work Is Essential’
Sandra Fox, an eligibility worker for the Orange County Social Services Agency, talks about the challenges she faces as poverty rates soar and resources wane.
