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And our children. Two studies in two very different places both measuring hazardous exposures, provide a better understanding of the unseen risks that we all take every day and the consequences those risks have on our health. Located in the far northeastern corner of oklahoma the town of picher has a unique landscape. Just steps away from homes schools, and playgrounds sit manmade mountains. Since the turn of the last century through the 1970s, the abundant underground resources of lead and zinc...

Host and how bicultural they are and how accultureateed they will become. Theres a theory ive heard mostly through business folks who are trying to reach this market that, in fact, younger hispanics are interested and maybe middleaged hispanics are interested in this retro acculture ration. Perhaps youre two or three generations in the United States, and you realize, you know what . I do want to teach my children spanish and cook certain foods or listen to certain types of music. Do you see that...

Moment of silence to mark the oneweek anniversary of the devastating landslide. Taliban fighters are attacking the Afghan Election Commission pound in kabul, this is the fourth attack in eight days and were just a week out from a president ial election as well. They believe the airport may be targeted next. We have the details. Reporter under a week until president ial election the taliban attacks again. The target this time, the headquarters of the independent Election Commission in kabul, at l...

And i think that that is something that as a city and we as a Health Department with be proud of because we are leading the way for good and really appropriate transgender healthcare and with that i actually have a question. And it is really about the role map that that you have mentioned at the end. And the providers of the surgeries and i believe that there are some conversations happening before, and at ucsf which is teaching institute. And so, creating a center of excellence through this par...

And i think that that is something that as a city and we as a Health Department with be proud of because we are leading the way for good and really appropriate transgender healthcare and with that i actually have a question. And it is really about the role map that that you have mentioned at the end. And the providers of the surgeries and i believe that there are some conversations happening before, and at ucsf which is teaching institute. And so, creating a center of excellence through this par...

You have obviously the costly it is. So i would encourage you to really think this true, and possibly under the umbrella of the department. And i greatly appreciate that is in the alignment on it and it is in alignment with the chiefs that i have spoken to at San Francisco general great. Commissioner taylormcghee . Thank you. And clearly there was a paradigm shift in 2010 when medical cited that transgender surgery or sexual reassignment surgeries were medically necessary. So obviously that obvi...

Those criteria as evidence based and sensible as they could be. We have developed guidelines and trainings that we have been rolling out across the Healthcare Centers both the dph and the Health Centers and the jail Health Service and to help and providers understand what our criteria are and how do we access those services. And we are currently developing a and we will start this week, our first series of education and preparation sessions for the patients who are planning on under going transg...

People that have all three of those conditions and we have a lot more detail if you are interested and how many people are doing the diagnosis and so forth. But, as you can see, the percentage around women and certainly around transgender women are quite a bit over the general population. And i want to highlight some of our service and programs. And again, these for the homeless women, and the homeless families, and the Community Behavior Health Services and so that includes our Mental Health an...

Their income, and how that relates as a percentage of area income and so right now, we are limited to 35 or 30 percent of the Median Income and a lot of the families who need our help are in the 40, 50 and 60 percent range and the resources are not sufficient to be able to handle that. And so, and at the end, in conclusion, i would like to say our goal is for families to be securely and safely housed with a stable source of income and a rent payment that is appropriate to the income and i think ...

Long term success for the familis that we are serving as well as the Community Agencies work with the city funded programs we advocate for a universal system to coordinate the services for the families and providers who aim to help to secure stable housing. So efficient and Creative Solutions are necessary to address the issue, and considering that we have significant challenges for individuals at all income levels in our Community Today and all of us speaking today are open to exploring way to ...