Volunteer Treat Refugees Massing at the Border
A growing number of Mexican and Central American migrants are trying to cross into the U.S. at the southern border. Volunteers at one free clinic in Tijuana tend to the health needs of migrants waiting for their immigration cases to come up — and simply trying to survive in packed and dangerous encampments. (Aired July 09, 2021)
Health Suffers Among Asylum Seekers
Immigrants from Mexico and Central America seeking asylum in the United States frequently end up at border shelters in Tijuana, Mexico. They stay in them for weeks as they wait for the U.S. government to approve or deny their applications. Most of the refugees get sick during their journeys due to insufficient food, a lack of clean water and poor sanitation at camps and shelters along the way. (Aired April 19, 2019)
Suffering in Silence: A Firefighter in Confronts the Trauma of the Job
It’s been a rough year for California: deadly wildfires, floods, and tragic shootings. When the news becomes too intense, many of us just turn it off, take a break. But the first responders who handle these disasters can never turn it off. Firefighters, cops, paramedics, emergency room nurses often suffer silently from seeing so much pain and destruction. Heidi de Marco, a reporter with Kaiser Health News, brings us this story of a San Diego firefighter in who found his life tumbling out of control at the age of 37. (Aired April 13, 2018)
An Alzheimer’s ‘Tsunami’ Threatens Latinos
The number of U.S. Latinos with the memory-robbing disease is expected to rise more than eightfold by 2060, to 3.5 million, according to a recent report -- putting a strain on families and health care resources. Tania Yanes belongs to one of those families. Until recently, she was the main caregiver for her mother, Blanca Rosa Rivera, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2004. (Aired February 15, 2017)
Teaching Hospitals Work in Underserved Communities
Eight teaching centers in California aim to train and retain doctors in medically underserved areas such as California’s Central Valley. They are among 57 such institutions across the country that may soon receive a boost in funding from Congress. (Aired October 5, 2017)
Zika in America: One Mother’s Saga
The first thing that María Ríos did when her baby was born was to check the size of her head. It was then that she knew her fears had come true: her baby had been born with microcephaly, a consequence of Zika. This is the story of how one young mother, infected in Mexico, and her infant face an uncertain future in rural Washington. (Aired June 06, 2017)