Tag Archives: Health
Monsanto’s Roundup Linked to Cancer. Also, The Renewed Battle Around Obamacare.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 PROGRAM # 8577 12:00 PM PT Monsanto’s Roundup Linked to Cancer. Agrochemical giant Monsanto was ordered to pay 80 million in damages to a California man in a Roundup herbicide cancer case. This is the second verdict of its kind. Another Roundup trial is scheduled for this week. An analyst puts this […]
Medicare for All. Also, Health Care for All in California.
THURSDAY, MARCH 14 PROGRAM # 8563 12:00 PM PT Medicare for All. In response to the rising costs of health care, progressive House Democrats introduced a Medicare for All bill, a plan to provide health coverage for all in the US. The House plan, co-sponsored by more than 100 congressmembers, would allow people to move […]
Latina Teen Suicides. Also, Reinstating the Violence Against Women Act. Also, California Halts Executions.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 PROGRAM # 8562 12:00 PM PT Latina Teen Suicides. Suicide rates continue to rise among Latina teenage girls, who have the highest rate of suicide attempts in the US. A psychologist talks about the cultural factors in Latino families that fuel feelings of anxiety and depression among Latina teens and reports on […]
Divided Congress, Government Shutdown. Presidential Hopeful. Deadline to Sign Up for Health Plans. Relief for Victims of Lead Contamination, Teachers Strike.
MONDAY, JANUARY 14 PROGRAM # 8520 12:00 PM PT Divided Congress, Government Shutdown. Amid the longest shutdown of the federal government in history, House Democrats resist pressure from Trump who demands full funding of a border wall and there is no solution to the stalemate on sight. A Republican analyst discusses this topic and the […]
Park-Poor Fresno Push for Green Spaces.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 PROGRAM # 8518 12:00 PM PT Park-Poor Fresno Push for Green Spaces. The Westside neighborhoods in Fresno, the most heavily polluted areas in the state, received 70-million in cap and trade funds from the state of California to help revitalize these low-income communities, bring jobs, and reduce greenhouse gases. When will Fresno’s […]
Health Bills and New Legislatures. Also, College Education in 2019.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3 PROGRAM # 8513 12:00 PM PT Health Bills and New Legislatures. Democrats take control of the US House and the supermajority in California’s legislature. The leadership of the new US House decided to get into a legal battle in Texas in defense of ACA and people with pre-existing conditions. And, in California, […]
Controversial Pesticide Use in Question.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 PROGRAM # 8507 12:00 PM PT Controversial Pesticide Use in Question. California is moving a step closer to declaring the insecticide chlorpyrifos a toxic air contaminant, a chemical which may lead to serious illness or death. State authorities are calling on growers to use alternative pesticides. Last year, a group of farm […]
Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 PROGRAM # 8503 12:00 PM PT Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy. A celebrity chef released a bilingual book of more than one hundred traditional Latino recipes for diabetics on time for the Holiday feasts. Advising that food is the best medicine for your health, she shares her experience of health improvement and […]
Health Care and More in the Ballot.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 PROGRAM # 8461 12:00 PM PT Health Care and More in the Ballot. The law that protects for preexisting conditions like pregnancy and breast cancer is emerging as a big issue in the midterm election. And after fighting to repeal the law, Republicans are now claiming they embrace it in campaign ads. […]
Medicaid Initiatives.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 PROGRAM # 8439 12:00 PM PT Medicaid Initiatives. Initiatives to fully expand Medicaid to cover the uninsured working poor in rural communities will be in the November ballot in Nebraska, Idaho and Utah, conservative states where right-wing politicians have resisted such expansion. As Election Day approaches, the debate is heating up. These […]
