On The Hunt For Syphilis: A Look At Public Health Workers Trying To Control A Rising Crisis
At the end of the '90s, Syphilis seemed to be on its way out. But on the tails of the opioid crisis the disease is making a return.
Los Angeles Times:
Knocking On Doors, Climbing Through Fences: How L.A. County's Health Investigators Are Out Trying To Stop Syphilis
Every day, Rocha and dozens of other L.A. County public health workers get in their cars to search for people who might have been exposed to sexually transmitted diseases. They believe the only way to end an outbreak is to cure the infected and then find their sexual partners so they can also be treated. (Karlamangla, 8/30)
In other news across the state —
Capital Public Radio:
Sacramento Considers Program Giving Gang Members Incentives To Avoid Violence
The Sacramento City Council will consider a program that would pay some of Sacramento's most violent people to do the right thing. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said the "Advance Peace" program will identify the 50 people who police and the community believe are responsible for the most gun violence. (Moffitt, 8/29)
KPCC:
Family Blames Whittier Police For Mentally Ill Man's Death
The family of a man with mental health problems who died after an encounter with Whittier police last spring filed a legal claim against the department Wednesday, saying officers "brutally killed" him after being called to help transport him to a psychiatric hospital. Jonathan Salcido, 27, died at a hospital May 4, shortly after the incident, which ended with officers wrestling with him on the ground. (Stoltze, 8/29)