Tag Archives: Health
Coronavirus News Roundup. Heals vs Heroes Act. El Paso Massacre: On Year Later.
MONDAY, AUGUST 3 PROGRAM # 8963 12:00 PM PT Coronavirus News Roundup. News correspondents report on new coronavirus hot spots in the US, the worst-hit country in the world. They report on the response to the pandemic in states where Covid-19 is getting worse and areas where infections are slowing down. Heals vs Heroes Act. […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
THURSDAY, JULY 30 PROGRAM # 8960 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. Latino organizations are asking OSHA to provide emergency temporary standards for companies to protect employees against Covid-19, especially for essential meat and poultry workers. Latino workers are overrepresented in food-processing production jobs and are overly exposed to Covid-19. Advocates comment on recent coronavirus […]
Stimulus Bill and Immigrant Families. Also, Covid-19 Contact Tracing in Migrant Communities.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 PROGRAM # 8959 12:00 PM PT Stimulus Bill and Immigrant Families. Senate Republicans released a bill, the Heals Act, announced as the latest relief plan for the Covid-19 crisis. The new package continues imposing penalties on immigrants, excluding immigrant families from the stimulus checks and raising fees on all immigration applications. Today, […]
Integrative and Functional Medicine.
TUESDAY, JULY 28 PROGRAM # 8957 11:00 AM PT Integrative and Functional Medicine. A third generation physician who practices integrative medicine is now exploring functional medicine. In this conversation, he talks about the difference between them and conventional medicine. He also comments on the Industrial Medical Complex, The McDonaldization of Medicine, and the connection between […]
Covid-19 Pandemic Update.
MONDAY, JULY 27 PROGRAM # 8956 12:00 PM PT Covid-19 Pandemic Update. The coronavirus pandemic in the US is still on the rise, with more than 4 million cases and daily deaths at the highest level in months. California is now the state with the most Covid-19 cases in the nation, surpassing New York, and […]
Keeping Kids Learning and Playing. Also, Outdoors as Medicine.
THURSDAY, JULY 23 PROGRAM # 8953 11:00 AM PT Keeping Kids Learning and Playing. As schools close for the rest of the year, parents wonder how to keep their children educated and entertained. A renowned musician and bilingual educator talks about how to use singing, dancing and folk arts to play with young kids and […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JULY 21 PROGRAM # 8951 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The Supreme Court ruled that migrants whose initial requests for asylum were rejected have no right to a federal court hearing. On other news, a federal appeals court gave the Trump administration a green light to expand expedited removal or deport immigrants without passing […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, JULY 17 PROGRAM # 8948 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. In this weekly program, a federal public defender in Mexico tells the story of an indigenous Oaxacan woman, arrested in a drug checkpoint, who became trapped in and railroaded by the criminal justice system for being a woman and for being indigenous, as she […]
The Opioid Crisis.
THURSDAY, JULY 16 PROGRAM # 8947 12:00 PM PT The Opioid Crisis. The crisis of opioid, heroin, and fentanyl has been ravaging small towns in Washington State. There is a devastating and silent epidemic of drug overdose deaths. What are the hidden consequences of the opioid epidemic on the North West’s health system and rural […]
Extra Edition: A Program Repeat.
TUESDAY, JULY 14 PROGRAM # 8943 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: A Program Repeat. With states continuing with reopening plans, many cities are concerned about street crowds and public health and safety over the Covid pandemic. And as states and countries begin to open up. Is it safe to travel by plane? What are the […]
