Tag Archives: Health
Extra Edition: Repeat Program – Prescription Drug Prices, Diabetes. Also, Coronavirus: An Update.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30 PROGRAM # 9487 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Repeat Program – Prescription Drug Prices, Diabetes. US consumers pay the highest prices in the world for the drugs they need. In response, the House of Representatives recently included in the Build Back Better Bill a provision that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug […]
The Mysteries of Coronavirus.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29 PROGRAM # 9486 12:00 PM PDT The Mysteries of Coronavirus. This is a conversation with an award-winning op-ed writer about his new book, where he examines the unprecedented times that we are living in. In this collection of opinion articles, he explores the mysteries of Covid-19, life after the pandemic, the impact […]
Extra Edition: Eviction Hotspots. Homemade Tamales on Tik Tok. Using Humor to Curb Coronavirus Myths.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28 PROGRAM # 9484 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Eviction Hotspots. While CDC banned most home evictions due to Covid-related hardships, many tenants were still forced to leave. That’s what a news reporter found after reviewing data and talking to people in a four-county area in California’s Central Valley. In this conversation, she […]
On Math, Music and Social Change: A Program Repeat.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22 PROGRAM # 9479 12:00 PM PDT On Math, Music and Social Change: A Program Repeat. A Colombian mathematician and DJ who researches combinatorics, a new area of mathematics that is highly utilized in physics and computer science, was honored as an “Emerging Scholar” in the US. He teaches an innovative online math […]
Extra Edition: “Experts in their Fields.”
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21 PROGRAM # 9477 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: “Experts in their Fields.” Farmworkers, and most of all Indigenous farmworkers, have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. As essential workers, they constantly run the risk of getting infected when they show up to work during the pandemic, they lack access to […]
Extra Edition: Prescription Drug Prices, Diabetes.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16 PROGRAM # 9473 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Prescription Drug Prices, Diabetes. US consumers pay the highest prices in the world for the drugs they need. In response, the House of Representatives recently included in the Build Back Better Bill a provision that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices and place […]
Coronavirus Update.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16 PROGRAM # 9474 12:00 PM PDT Coronavirus Update. As Covid cases rise again and the Omicron variant continues to spread in the US, and as more people plan to do more indoor activities, health officials worry about a new winter wave. What are the federal and state measures for the winter surge? […]
Extra Edition: A Repeat. Booster Shots and Omicron. Also, Covid-19 Home “Cures.”
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 PROGRAM # 9470 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: A Repeat. Booster Shots and Omicron. Cases of Omicron variant are being reported in California and other states. This variant is likely to be more infectious though little is known about how dangerous it is. What do we know about this mutation? How to […]
Booster Shots and Omicron. Also, Covid-19 Home “Cures.”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 PROGRAM # 9467 12:00 PM PDT Booster Shots and Omicron. Cases of Omicron variant are being reported in California and other states. This variant is likely to be more infectious though little is known about how dangerous it is. What do we know about this mutation? How to protect against it? How […]
Extra Edition: Medicare Enrollment Deadline.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 PROGRAM # 9463 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Medicare Enrollment Deadline. People with Medicare have until midnight today to make changes to their health or prescription drug plans or select a new plan for 2022. This is an opportunity to compare Medicare health plans costs and benefits to find coverage that best […]
