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  By Tarryn Mento People with underlying health conditions face a greater risk of death from COVID-19 and San Diego County health officials have pointed to hypertension as the leading factor in local fatalities. The most recent county data shows more than half of San Diegans who died from the illness suffered from hypertension, while one-third had diabetes, …

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Much like hospitals, health care providers who primarily serve the uninsured and low-income are hemorrhaging money. Nearly all have shed staff, some locations are closed and federal relief funding is not likely to cover the losses. By Maya Srikrishnan Hospitals aren’t the only part of the health care system hemorrhaging money during the coronavirus pandemic. …

Many feeding operations that homeless San Diegans have long relied on have halted. “I’ve never seen the level of desperation we’re seeing on the streets right now,” one advocate told VOSD. By Lisa Halverstadt and Kayla Jimenez As the coronavirus pandemic rages through the region and most people stay home, homeless San Diegans are confronting …