The Long And Short Of Long COVID with Dr. Ashish Jha
As many as one in five people who became ill with COVID-19 have reportedly developed long-term symptoms that last well after they’ve recovered from the initial infection. Informally called “Long COVID...
27 Sep 202119min
What Have You Got To Boost? with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
A CDC advisory board unanimously said that people 65 and older should be allowed to receive a booster shot of the Pfizer-BiONTech COVID vaccine. It also agreed that younger people who might be at high...
24 Sep 202119min
Missing Women In America
In addition to Gabrielle Petito’s tragic murder, we discuss the horrific rates of people of color who’ve gone missing in America. For example in Wyoming, where Petito’s body was found, 710 Indigenous ...
23 Sep 202120min
A Historic Strike Ends At Nabisco
In defiance of Texas’ new abortion law, one doctor in the state claimed he performed an abortion. On Monday, two men, neither of whom are in Texas, filed the first lawsuits under the law against that ...
22 Sep 202119min
Immigration Reform Can't Wait with Denea Joseph
The Senate’s parliamentarian said that Democrats could not use the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill to create a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented people in the U.S. At the same ...
21 Sep 202118min
Deteriorating Conditions At Rikers Island
An FDA panel, last week, unanimously approved a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine for people 65 and older, and anyone at risk of severe illness. The full FDA will likely make a formal ...
20 Sep 202122min
Police Reform And Accountability In Minneapolis
Former Minneapolis police officer and convicted murderer Derek Chauvin pleaded not guilty to not one but TWO federal indictments this week in two separate instances of extreme police brutality. He’s c...
17 Sep 202118min
This Is Your Brain On Instagram
Voters in California appeared to send the message to Governor Gavin Newsom that his coronavirus policies were the right way to go after saving him from a recall. The vote also sends a pretty strong po...
16 Sep 202118min
