Tag Archives: Health
Extra Edition: How to Save Money and Beat Inflation (Program Repeat.) Also, Digital Deserts and Digital Citizens.
TUESDAY, JULY 26 PROGRAM # 9694 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: How to Save Money and Beat Inflation (Program Repeat.) Seniors and retirees on fixed incomes are getting hit the hardest by rising prices. In response, an organization that advocates for people over the age of 50 has just published “99 Great Ways to Save,” […]
The Opioid Crisis.
THURSDAY, JULY 21 PROGRAM # 9691 12:00 PM PT The Opioid Crisis. Fueled by the powerful drug fentanyl, the opioid epidemic is getting worse, hitting every state in the US. Overdose deaths are at a record high. What’s driving this crisis? Who is the hardest hit? Who is receiving the benefit of life-saving care? Experts […]
Extra Edition: Risks of Not Getting Children Vaccinated against COVID-19 (Program Repeat.) Also, BA.5 Variant Worries.
THURSDAY, JULY 21 PROGRAM # 9690 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Risks of Not Getting Children Vaccinated against COVID-19 (Program Repeat.) “If you’ve had Covid already you don’t need to be vaccinated.” A public health expert joins this program to debunk this and other myths, with a focus on those parents who are still hesitant […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JULY 19 PROGRAM #9688 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. California’s state budget plan makes historic investments for low-income immigrant communities after allowing access for undocumented residents to Medi-Cal and to the state’s food assistance program to people over 55, first state in the nation. In other news, Texas Gov. Abbott declared that his state […]
Critical Health Care Talks. Also, Affording Health Insurance.
MONDAY, JULY 18 PROGRAM # 9686 12:00 PM PT Critical Health Care Talks. If the US Congress does not close the Medicaid coverage gap in the current economic reconciliation package, more than two million people would lose health coverage. Many Latinos will be critically affected. Latina women may be at highest risk after the Supreme […]
Extra Edition: How to Coexist with Covid (Repeat Program.) Also, Eviction Protections End.
THURSDAY, JULY 14 PROGRAM # 9683 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: How to Coexist with Covid (Repeat Program.) As the nation struggles to move Covid-19 from being a pandemic to an endemic, an infectious disease expert discusses new approaches to fight the pandemic. Instead of planning to eradicate the virus, scientists suggest learning how to […]
Risks of Not Getting Children Vaccinated against COVID-19. Also, BA.5 Variant Worries.
THURSDAY, JULY 14 PROGRAM # 9684 12:00 PM PT Risks of Not Getting Children Vaccinated against COVID-19. “If you’ve had Covid already you don’t need to be vaccinated.” A public health expert joins this program to debunk this and other myths, with a focus on those parents who are still hesitant to vaccinate their children. […]
Overturning Roe: Impact on Migrant Women. Also, Red Flags and Another Mass Shooting.
MONDAY, JULY 11 PROGRAM # 9679 12:00 PM PT Overturning Roe: Impact on Migrant Women. An advocate talks about the impact that overturning Roe v. Wade may have on migrant and rural women, their families and farmworker and civil rights. Many farmworking women live in states where abortion is being declared illegal or heavily restricted. […]
Extra Edition: Combating Deadly Heat Threat in the Fields (Program Repeat.)
THURSDAY, JULY 7 PROGRAM # 9676 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Combating Deadly Heat Threat in the Fields (Program Repeat.) Millions are under heat watches as a dangerous heat wave is warming the fields throughout the US South and Southwest. Exacerbated by climate change, temperatures for this summer season are expected to be worse than […]
Extra Edition: How to Coexist with Covid. Also, Eviction Protections End.
TUESDAY, JULY 5 PROGRAM # 9673 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: How to Coexist with Covid. As the nation struggles to move Covid-19 from being a pandemic to an endemic, an infectious disease expert discusses new approaches to fight the pandemic. Instead of planning to eradicate the virus, scientists suggest learning how to coexist with […]
