Tag Archives: Health
Extra Edition: AIDS Crisis. Also, Early Voting and Census Count.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 PROGRAM #9031 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: AIDS Crisis. Latino communities are experiencing a growing health crisis as the number of HIV diagnoses among Latino gay, bisexual, and transgender men increases. A new report called “Here as I am” investigates how social, economic and political forces affect the health and well-being of […]
Extra Edition: Covid and Flu Season.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 PROGRAM #9029 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Covid and Flu Season. Flu season is almost here and it’s time to make a plan to protect yourself and your loved ones. This year, as hospitals and health workers are overwhelmed dealing with the Covid pandemic, is more important than ever to get a […]
Extra Edition: Orale Covid-19! Also, Farm Workers: Shortchanged.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 PROGRAM #9027 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Orale Covid-19! Medical researchers will soon be visiting farm working towns and neighborhoods in California’s Central Valley to offer free Covid-19 testing for farmworkers. In coordination with local community groups, clinicians and lab technicians will tour areas where coronavirus is out of control on mobile […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 PROGRAM #9014 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Members of Congress intervened to halt the deportation of a detained immigrant woman who complained that doctors at a Georgia detention center performed forced hysterectomy, a traumatic experience that according to a whistleblower nurse, was also performed on more detained immigrant women. This case raises […]
Covid-19, Diabetes and Healthy Eating.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 PROGRAM #9013 11:00 AM PT Covid-19, Diabetes and Healthy Eating. If you have diabetes, you may be more likely of getting a Covid-19 infection and for sure you are at higher risk of serious complications from the infection. Experts and patients join this roundtable to discuss how to stay healthy and manage […]
The Unequal Scourge of Cancer. Justice Ginsburg Legacy. Conviction on Jesuit Massacre Trial.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 PROGRAM #9012 12:00 PM PT The Unequal Scourge of Cancer. A first-ever report concludes that “the immense burden of cancer is not shouldered equally by all” and warns that the pandemic is exacerbating the existing cancer health disparities. While there has been progress in areas such as the cancer death rates among […]
“Housing for the Harvest.”
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 PROGRAM #9007 11:00 AM PT “Housing for the Harvest.” The counties of Fresno and San Joaquin are the first to participate in “Housing for the Harvest,” a new program announced to provide temporary hotel housing for farm and food-processing workers to self-isolate if they are Covid-19 positive and do not require hospitalization. […]
Battling Historic Mega Fires.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 PROGRAM #9005 12:00 PM PT Battling Historic Mega Fires. The unprecedented wildfires raging through 13 western states in the US, have burned more than five million acres, including small towns, forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, and are putting millions at risk of inhaling toxic smoke far beyond the fires. The […]
Clean Energy Jobs Hit Hard by Pandemic. Also, Climate Crisis Endangers Workers Health.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 PROGRAM # 9001 12:00 PM PT Clean Energy Jobs Hit Hard by Pandemic. Latinos are among the hardest hit by the loss of jobs and they are at risk of losing more jobs in the second wave of firings due to the coronavirus crisis. One industry where Latinos had made inroads and […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 PROGRAM # 8999 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. In one of the largest Covid outbreaks in food processing plants in California, 400 workers got infected and 8 died in a Foster Farms chicken plant in Livingston. The plant was shut down by the county amid a public outcry and congressional calls […]
