Tag Archives: Health
Noticiero Latino: Noticiero Latino: HIV is no longer a death sentence, you can have treatment and live.
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Noticiero Latino: Access to Medi-Cal in California does not matter immigration status
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Noticiero Latino: September is Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Month.
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Noticiero Latino: Organizations ask congressmen for more resources to research cancer cures.
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Safety and Health Program
Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event held each August that recognizes the successes of workplace health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep America’s workers safe. Guest: Jose A. Carvenali, Deputy Regional Director for Public Affairs at the U.S. Departmetn of Labor in San Francisco, CA.
Noticiero Latino: Early detection of prediabetes
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COSECHA, a study on how pesticide impacts on Latina Teens
Youth share about the Cosecha, a study on Pesticide Exposure in Latina Teens in the Salinas Valley. This study is part of Chamacos of Salinas Evaluating Chemicals in Homes & Agriculture. Guests: Jose Manuel Camacho, Community Outreach Coordinator, James Noland, Youth Coordinator, and the youth particpants Daisy Gallardo, Giselle Lazaro, Edgar Cardozo, Isaac Garces,all representing […]
Living in the Shadows: California County Seeks to Eliminate Health Safety Net for the Undocumented
For 30 years, the Fresno County government, in California’s Central Valley, has been one of a few in the state to cover specialized healthcare costs for low-income people who have no health insurance, despite their immigration status. The county was forced to offer this coverage through a lawsuit in 1984. Now, Fresno County is once again before a judge, asking for the legal obligation to be lifted, arguing that the majority of the patients in this program are now insured, thanks to Medicaid expansion. Most of those that would be left unprotected are undocumented. Our reporter Farida Jhabvala Romero has more details from Fresno. This story is part of Living in the Shadows, a result of the Reporting on Health Collaborative.
