Health
Officials Struggle to Regulate Pop-Up Covid Testing Sites — And Warn Patients to Beware
One weak spot in the system is that although city and state health departments keep close regulatory tabs on the labs that process covid tests, they typically don’t regulate the site operators that administer the tests.
Extra Edition: Historic Overtime Pay for Farmworkers. Also, Help for Health Insurance Buys.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 PROGRAM # 9505 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Historic Overtime Pay for Farmworkers. California farmworkers have now the right to get the same overtime pay that most other workers have. The new law, first of its kind in the nation, began taking full effect on January 1st for most businesses and farms. […]
Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough? The 2022 Edition
(Español) Pero, si incluso actualizando las máscaras todavía se está preocupado por omicron, lo primero que se puede hacer es vacunarse y recibir el refuerzo (booster), dijo el doctor Neal Chaisson, profesor asistente de medicina en la Clínica Cleveland.
(Español) La división estanca a EE UU y pone en riesgo su democracia
(Español) Biden y su partido van a necesitar mucho más que discursos bonitos y vigilias para hacer frente al virus de odio y extremismo que ha infectado al Partido Republicano y que, como el Covid, sigue extendiendo sus tentáculos a través de la nación.
(Español) En medio de la explosión de Ómicron, en FL DeSantis deja expirar un millón de pruebas
(Español) “El Departamento de Salud estatal publicó pautas de prueba actualizadas esta semana, que recomiendan que ‘es poco probable que las pruebas de COVID-19 tengan algún beneficio clínico’”. Pero “Animar a las personas a NO hacerse la prueba es la manera perfecta de enmascarar la verdad y prolongar el problema”.
(Español) Pandemia y estrés decembrino afectan salud mental de los latinos, pero buscan ayuda
(Español) “Queremos prevenir un trastorno que nos afecta la funcionalidad, y la mejor forma de prevenirlo es hablar de los cambios de comportamiento, y qué mejor que la familia para hacerlo”.
(Español) Variante Ómicron explota en el país, impacta más a los no vacunados
On First Anniversary of Attack on Capitol, Trump the Focus of Accusations; Omicron Variant Explodes Nationwide, Affecting Unvaccinated the Most; Latinos Face Mental Health Challenges Amid Pandemic and Holiday Stress, but Are Seeking Help.
Giving Emotional Help. Also, A Stressful Holiday Season for Latinos.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 PROGRAM # 9493 12:00 PM PDT Giving Emotional Help. California’s leading mental health agency launched a new campaign encouraging people to take steps to check in, learn more, and get support for their own mental health and the mental health of their loved ones. This effort takes place at a time of […]
Extra Edition: Repeat Program: Abortion Rights Hearing. Parkinson’s Disease Stigma. Historic Election in Honduras.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 PROGRAM # 9491 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Repeat Program: Abortion Rights Hearing. The Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, on a Mississippi law that makes abortion illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This is one of the most important cases challenging the constitutional right to an […]
A New Covid-19 Vaccine. Covid and Health Insurance. Shorter Covid Isolation.
MONDAY, JANUARY 3 PROGRAM # 9490 12:00 PM PDT A New Covid-19 Vaccine. As the Omicron variant surges to record-level COVID-19 infections in the U.S. and the world, scientists in Texas developed a new vaccine. Called CORBEVAX, the new vaccine has received emergency approval in India and other underserved countries have shown interest. The vaccine […]
Noticias
- Angela Davis on Reissue of Her 1974 Autobiography, Her Editor Toni Morrison, Internationalism & More January 19, 2022
- Scholars Angela Davis, Gina Dent & Beth Richie on Why the World Needs "Abolition. Feminism. Now." January 19, 2022
- Judge Approves Puerto Rico Debt Restructuring, But Unelected "Junta" Could Remain for Years Longer January 19, 2022
- Headlines for January 19, 2022 January 19, 2022
- Who Is Aafia Siddiqui? Synagogue Attack Renews Focus on Pakistani Neuroscientist Imprisoned in Texas January 18, 2022
