The LGBTQ+ Health Summit educates and activates the health sciences community on LGBTQ+ health and creates new pathways to serve LGBTQ+ communities. The summit reinvigorates LGBTQ+-identified healthcare professionals, students and community members in finding community and support in practice, and it promotes the use of up-to-date, best practices to improve LGBTQ+ health outcomes. More than […]
Disaster Capitalism and Lessons from Post-Katrina New Orleans
Disaster capitalism describes the process of private industries springing up to profit from large-scale crises, according to Naomi Klein, who popularized the term in her influential 2007 book The Shock Doctrine. Is this what we’re seeing now with the coronavirus pandemic? To explore this question, Ali spends the hour with Vincanne Adams, professor of medical […]
Addressing the Needs of Rural Voters with Jane Kleeb
With the 2020 general election on the horizon, we turn our attention to voting and progressive politics for today’s show with Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party and author of the new book Harvest the Vote: How Democrats Can Win Again in Rural America. She and Patty spend the hour discussing issues facing […]
Catholic Church Limits Reproductive Health Care
One-third of all hospitals in Wisconsin are associated with the Catholic Church. That’s the highest percentage in the country. Catholic hospitals are subject to the Ethical and Religious Directives written by the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops. Some of these directives are benign, such as requirements for service to the poor, but some, such as […]
UW Hospital Nurses Move to Unionize
Nurses at UW Hospital announced their intent to unionize today. They say they’re too understaffed to properly care for patients and don’t feel supported by hospital administration. This afternoon, nurses marched into this month’s meeting of the UW Hospital and Clinics Authority Board of Directors, and informed board members of their intent to unionize. Then, […]
Healthcare Enrollment and Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin
Today’s show focuses on two different aspects of health. First, we learn the ins and outs of getting healthcare coverage in Wisconsin with Anthony Curtis, community outreach ambassador for Covering Wisconsin. The enrollment deadline is December 15. You can find more information at coveringwi.org. Then, we turn our attention to chronic wasting disease (CWD): what […]
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