Tag Archives: Health
Extra Edition: Risks of Delta Variant Spread.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 PROGRAM # 9339 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Risks of Delta Variant Spread. Amid a worrying surge in Delta variants, children are being hospitalized with respiratory illness like never before. Meantime, federal authorities are calling on fully vaccinated people to wear masks indoors as scientists find that the Delta variant produces similar […]
Wildfires and Covid.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 PROGRAM # 9340 12:00 PM PDT Wildfires and Covid. As the nation recovers from the pandemic, the wildfires that ravage California and Western states are making people more vulnerable to Covid. Exposure to smoke pollution increases the risk of contracting Covid. A researcher discusses his findings and provides recommendations for individuals and […]
Opioid Crisis, Voting Rights, and Biden’s Meeting with Latinos.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 PROGRAM # 9338 12:00 PM PDT Opioid Crisis, Voting Rights, and Biden’s Meeting with Latinos. Major drug companies agreed to pay billions of dollars in a settlement to resolve opioid lawsuits. The companies are accused of playing a key role in the massive distribution of opioid painkillers to communities around the US, […]
Extra Edition: Beneficiaries of New Health Care Law.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3 PROGRAM # 9336 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Beneficiaries of New Health Care Law. As the number of Covid is on the rise in California, Gov. Newsom visited hard-hit Central Valley and signed a law to expand health care to include undocumented immigrants age 50 and older. Potential beneficiaries of the new […]
Extra Edition: Covid Delta Variant – A Repeat.
THURSDAY, JULY 29 PROGRAM # 9332 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Covid Delta Variant – A Repeat. The alarming spike in Covid cases and hospitalizations, has made public health leaders ramp up their call for renewed health emergency measures, such as mask mandates. To stop the virus spread and reach herd immunity, an expert encourages […]
Extra Edition: “Get the Vaccine, Prudencio.”
TUESDAY, JULY 27 PROGRAM # 9329 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: “Get the Vaccine, Prudencio.” A renowned poet, writer and performer recruited former students to convene the theater group “La Familia Feliz,” and is now touring small towns around the Central Valley performing the play “Vacúnate, Prudencio.” In the story, the family succeeds in pressuring […]
Extra Edition: Lawsuit Over Chlorpyrifos. Also, The Covid Costs to Farm Workers.
THURSDAY, JULY 22 PROGRAM # 9325 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Lawsuit Over Chlorpyrifos. Last year, California banned the sale of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide linked to brain damage in children. Now, lawyers for parents who live in Central Valley communities contaminated by the toxic chemical for decades are suing Dow Chemical and its […]
Schools Reopening Plans. Also, Listening to Underrepresented students.
THURSDAY, JULY 22 PROGRAM # 9326 12:00 PM PDT Schools Reopening Plans. Amid parents’ concerns about the Delta variant, Western states are preparing to reopen schools for full in-person instruction in the fall. Experts comment on the new recommendations to allow children to return to school, including masks and physical distancing rules, and requirements on […]
Secretary Granholm on the Infrastructure Plan. Public Banking. A Decade of Fair Food.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 PROGRAM # 9317 12:00 PM PDT Secretary Granholm on the Infrastructure Plan. In this conversation, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm talks about the disproportionate impact the extreme heat wave and the record-breaking wildfires are having in Latino communities, as well as the drying up of jobs in agriculture because of the drought. […]
Extra Edition: Covid Delta Variant.
TUESDAY, JULY 13 PROGRAM # 9315 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Covid Delta Variant. The alarming spike in Covid cases and hospitalizations, has made public health leaders ramp up their call for renewed health emergency measures, such as mask mandates. To stop the virus spread and reach herd immunity, an expert encourages parents to get […]
