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Homelessness is aggravating harm caused by the Phoenix heat, medical personnel say

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Alicia Williams checks the vital signs of Paul Yager inside the mobile medical unit parked outside St. Vincent de Paul, a charitable organization with a soup kitchen in Phoenix's Sunnyslope neighborhood, on Aug. 9. Yager, 64, is unsheltered, lives with preexisting conditions and has been waiting for housing assistance for two years. (Caitlin O'Hara for NPR)
Alicia Williams checks the vital signs of Paul Yager inside the mobile medical unit parked outside St. Vincent de Paul, a charitable organization with a soup kitchen in Phoenix's Sunnyslope neighborhood, on Aug. 9. Yager, 64, is unsheltered, lives with preexisting conditions and has been waiting for housing assistance for two years. (Caitlin O'Hara for NPR)

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