Tag Archives: Health
Health For All: New Push. Also, Fighting the Hunger Crisis.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 PROGRAM # 9121 12:00 PM PST Health For All: New Push. Stating that the Covid-19 pandemic has hit hardest communities of color, farmworkers and other essential workers, a state legislator from California’s Central Valley is renewing his effort to expand Medi-Cal health care coverage to undocumented immigrants. In this conversation, he explains […]
Extra Edition. Covid Hunger Emergency.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 PROGRAM # 9113 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition. Covid Hunger Emergency. Demand for food assistance has more than doubled in California during the Covid-19 pandemic and many Latino families struggle to put food on the table despite being more likely to be employed and working. And Latinos are less likely to apply […]
Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 PROGRAM # 9110 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition. Medical experts and public health leaders share the latest news on the Covid-19 pandemic and provide critical advice to prevent new infection outbreaks during the holidays. They talk about the prospects to have a Covid-19 vaccine authorized and distributed by the end of the […]
Latinos: One Year Under the Pandemic. Also, High Alert for Covid-19.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 PROGRAM # 9109 12:00 PM PST Latinos: One Year Under the Pandemic. After a year of coronavirus in the US, the pandemic has taken the heaviest toll on Latino families and communities in California and other states. Why does it matter that Latinos are dying at higher rates than whites? Hint: check […]
Extra Edition.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 PROGRAM # 9106 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition. Medical experts and public health leaders share the latest news on the Covid-19 pandemic and provide critical advice to prevent new infection outbreaks during the holidays. Guests: Dr. Alicia Fernández, Professor of Medicine at UC San Francisco, General Internist, San Francisco General Hospital, San […]
Drinking Water for All.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 PROGRAM # 9105 12:00 PM PST Drinking Water for All. California low-income rural communities of color are the hardest hit by the lack of safe and sustainable drinking water. Yet, they hardly have a voice in the boardrooms where decisions about water resources and drinking water are made. To address racism at […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 PROGRAM # 9104 12:00 PM PST Immigration Edition. Analysts comment on Trump’s continuing efforts to target DACA, place more obstacles in the naturalization process, expel children seeking asylum, and confine immigrants in COVID-19-infested detention centers. On other news: managers at a Tyson Foods plant in Iowa rejected pleas from local officials to […]
Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 PROGRAM # 9103 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition. Medicare Open Enrollment ends on December 7. This is the time to make changes to health or prescription drug plans or select a new plan for 2021. This year, Medicare plans have historically low plan premiums and new insulin savings plans for people with […]
Extra Edition: How to Have Safer Holiday Celebrations during the Pandemic.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 PROGRAM # 9099 11:00 AM PST Extra Edition: How to Have Safer Holiday Celebrations during the Pandemic. With Thanksgiving and the holiday season upon us, public health leaders are calling on everyone to celebrate safely by cutting back traditional gatherings to help prevent further spread of COVID-19 to friends and loved ones. […]
Thanking Coronavirus Frontline Workers.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 PROGRAM # 9098 12:00 PM PST Thanking Coronavirus Frontline Workers. Doctors, nurses, paramedics, hospital janitors and other coronavirus frontline workers are risking their health and many have died in the line of duty. During the current third wave of the pandemic, many are reportedly exhausted, overwhelmed, and burned out. In this pre-holiday […]
