Health
Doctors in US and Mexico Treat Refugees on the Tijuana Border –
Doctors in California are volunteering alongside their Mexican colleagues to address the medical needs of more than 2,000 refugees awaiting asylum crammed into tents in a park along the Tijuana border.
Extra Edition: Delta Variants; Housing Aid.
THURSDAY, JULY 8 PROGRAM # 9311 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Delta Variants; Housing Aid. A new and highly infectious variant of Coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the US. In response, Los Angeles County and the W.H.O. warned that even immunized people should wear masks indoors. Also, nearly all the Covid deaths last month in […]
Deadly Heat Wave. Also, Early Wildfires.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7 PROGRAM # 9310 12:00 PM PDT Deadly Heat Wave. A deadly heat wave is scorching the Pacific Northwest, an area that’s largely unprepared to deal with weather like the current record-breaking temperatures. Dozens have died, power cables have melted, and roads have buckled because of the unprecedented heat wave. Migrant workers are bearing […]
(Español) Planea Biden revisar su política fronteriza, comenzando con levantar el Título 42
(Español) La administración está haciendo malabarismos con las demandas de los defensores progresistas para poner fin a la política pandémica junto con las preocupaciones sobre otro aumento de migrantes.
Immigrants Over Age 50 to Gain Health Insurance in California
In a historic step, California will offer public health insurance to undocumented immigrants over age 50 as part of the new budget agreed between the state legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom.
Extra Edition: One Dollar Health Insurance. Also, “Combat COVID.”
THURSDAY, JULY 1 PROGRAM # 9304 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: One Dollar Health Insurance. Thousands of Californians who received unemployment insurance benefits in 2021 may be able to get health care coverage under Covered California for as low as $1 per month. This announcement comes days after the US Supreme Court rejected the latest […]
(Español) Discretamente, Biden está transformando la red de seguridad de Medicaid
(Español) California dice que está teniendo una audiencia más receptiva en Washington para propuestas como expandir la cobertura a inmigrantes que están en el país sin papeles, un paso que los expertos en salud pública dicen que puede ayudar a mejorar la salud de la comunidad y ralentizar la propagación de enfermedades transmisibles.
(Español) Esperanza de vida de hispanos y negros, ha sufrido la peor baja desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial
(Español) Los adultos desalojados reportan una peor salud mental y tienen más probabilidades de ser hospitalizados por una crisis de salud mental, muestran estudios… los condados con tasas de desalojo más altas tienen tasas significativamente más altas de muertes relacionadas con drogas y alcohol.
Extra Edition: Farm Workers Rights.
TUESDAY, JUNE 29 PROGRAM # 9301 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Farm Workers Rights. A number of leading farm worker advocates traveled through small towns in the agricultural heartlands of California’s Central Valley talking to field workers about workers’ rights to sick leave for Covid-19, including seeking vaccination and protection from employer retaliation. They also […]
(Español) Alertan sobre impacto de la variante Delta en California
(Español) Datos analizados hasta junio y publicados por el Departamento de Salud Pública de California señalan que es la tercera variante más identificada en el estado, y representa el 14.5 por ciento de los casos de coronavirus de California, frente al 4.7% en mayo, cuando era la cuarta variante más identificada.