Health
Extra Edition: Fieldworkers Living in the Shadows. (A Repeat.)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 PROGRAM # 9925 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Fieldworkers Living in the Shadows. (A Repeat.) Agriculture is a key pillar of California’s thriving economy. Yet, those working the fields face dire working conditions and serious health challenges. A new, landmark study shows many farmworkers in California live with chronic conditions like diabetes […]
Extra Edition: Improving School Lunches.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 PROGRAM # 9922 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Improving School Lunches. The school government in Fresno, CA, is hiring new chefs to oversee the quality of school meals, cook food with fresh ingredients, better respond to student tastes, and reduce food waste. Many families in Fresno report food insecurity and some say […]
In California, Democrats Propose $25 Minimum Wage for Health Workers
If lawmakers approve the bill and Gov. Gavin Newsom signs it, one labor leader estimated, 1.5 million California workers could get a wage hike come January 2024.
Extra Edition: Madera Hospital Closing: The Human Toll. (Repeat)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 PROGRAM # 9918 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Madera Hospital Closing: The Human Toll. (Repeat) The general hospital in Madera County closed its doors, leaving out many people who don’t have insurance in this rural, high-poverty area of Latino majorities. Community leaders fear other community hospitals in financial troubles around the state […]
Fieldworkers Living in the Shadows.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 PROGRAM # 9919 12:00 PM PT Fieldworkers Living in the Shadows. Agriculture is a key pillar of California’s thriving economy. Yet, those working the fields face dire working conditions and serious health challenges. A new, landmark study shows many farmworkers in California live with chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure […]
(Español) Muerte por fentanilo golpea más a los latinos, pero no todo está perdido
(Español) “El acceso al Medical aquí en California puede ayudar a obtener tratamiento para la adicción… pero el acceso puede no ser inmediato y también hay problemas con el reembolso a los proveedores”.
(Español) Latinos y otras minorías mueren por sobreosis en mayor proporción que los blancos
(Español) Aunque ha habido bastante progreso en el acceso a medicamentos para contrarrestar la adicción, “todavía nos falta bastante camino para descriminalizar y desestigmatizar las adicciones”, sobre todo en las comunidades de color.
The Opioid Overdose Crisis Hits Latinos.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 PROGRAM # 9917 12:00 PM PT The Opioid Overdose Crisis Hits Latinos. During the COVID-19 pandemic years, prescription opioid-related deaths and ED visits among Latinos experienced a surge. The opioid, mostly fentanyl-related overdose crisis is hitting teenagers particularly hard. While some states are giving people more access to emergency medications like naloxone, […]
(Español) California requiere que hospitales recurran a familiares cercanos de pacientes para decisiones médicas, cerrando un vacío de larga data
(Español) Sólo un tercio de los adultos estadunidenses tiene o bien instrucciones previas, que detallan lo que quieren sobre su atención médica.
Public Health Agencies Turn to Locals to Extend Reach Into Immigrant Communities
“The pandemic further heightened the importance of work with community-based organizations when governmental entities and their associated messages became hyperpoliticized, and less about health messaging and more about impact of health measures to individual rights and freedoms”.
Noticias
- Defund Genocide: Activists at COP29 Link Climate Fight to Militarism, Gaza, Lebanon & Sudan November 21, 2024
- "They're Expanding Fossil Fuels": Indian Activist Harjeet Singh on Rich Countries' Hypocrisy at COP29 November 21, 2024
- "Pay Up!": At COP29, Poor Countries Demand $1 Trillion a Year in Climate Finance November 21, 2024
- Despite White House Pressure, 19 U.S. Senators Back Bernie Sanders's Bills to Block Arms Sales to Israel November 21, 2024
- Wanted for War Crimes: ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant over Gaza November 21, 2024
