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Scientific Research Continues During Pandemic
Scientific Research Continues During Pandemic
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15 minutes
Released:
Apr 24, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Nursing Home Workers' Union Calls for Better PPE
In the community of Yucaipa in San Bernardino County, 20 people have died from coronavirus — 18 of them from a single skilled nursing facility. At Cedar Mountain Post Acute Rehabilitation, more than a hundred staff and residents have also tested positive for COVID-19. It’s just one startling example of how the coronavirus has ravaged such facilities, their residents and the people who work at them.
Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED Politics Editor
Call the Midwife: Birth Is Different During the Pandemic
In this pandemic, we’ve been checking in with healthcare workers… and today we’ll hear from a midwife. Some pregnant mothers who want to avoid hospitals during the pandemic are turning to freestanding birth centers — these facilities offer midwife care in a homelike environment. Last month, Pacifica Family Maternity Center in Berkeley received three times as many inquiries as usual.
Guest: Jessamyn Meyerhoff, Berkeley midwife
Muslims Gather for Virtual Iftars During Ramadan
This is the first day of Ramadan. Normally at this time of year, Observant Muslims fast and pray during the day, then feast and celebrate at night for a whole month. Normally, that is. Muslims are re-fashioning their family gatherings and how they observe Ramadan during the pandemic.
Guest: Adhiti Bandlamudi, KQED
Scientific Research Continues During Pandemic
Many of us haven't been able to get to work during the pandemic.
That includes scientists who've been shut out of their laboratories and research facilities. But here and there, research is continuing. At Scripps Oceanographic Institution in La Jolla, some staff are still at work on a more than hundred-year-old project to sample the daily temperature and salinity of the ocean.
Guest: Melissa Carter, Director, Shore Stations Program, Scripps Oceanographic Institution
In the community of Yucaipa in San Bernardino County, 20 people have died from coronavirus — 18 of them from a single skilled nursing facility. At Cedar Mountain Post Acute Rehabilitation, more than a hundred staff and residents have also tested positive for COVID-19. It’s just one startling example of how the coronavirus has ravaged such facilities, their residents and the people who work at them.
Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED Politics Editor
Call the Midwife: Birth Is Different During the Pandemic
In this pandemic, we’ve been checking in with healthcare workers… and today we’ll hear from a midwife. Some pregnant mothers who want to avoid hospitals during the pandemic are turning to freestanding birth centers — these facilities offer midwife care in a homelike environment. Last month, Pacifica Family Maternity Center in Berkeley received three times as many inquiries as usual.
Guest: Jessamyn Meyerhoff, Berkeley midwife
Muslims Gather for Virtual Iftars During Ramadan
This is the first day of Ramadan. Normally at this time of year, Observant Muslims fast and pray during the day, then feast and celebrate at night for a whole month. Normally, that is. Muslims are re-fashioning their family gatherings and how they observe Ramadan during the pandemic.
Guest: Adhiti Bandlamudi, KQED
Scientific Research Continues During Pandemic
Many of us haven't been able to get to work during the pandemic.
That includes scientists who've been shut out of their laboratories and research facilities. But here and there, research is continuing. At Scripps Oceanographic Institution in La Jolla, some staff are still at work on a more than hundred-year-old project to sample the daily temperature and salinity of the ocean.
Guest: Melissa Carter, Director, Shore Stations Program, Scripps Oceanographic Institution
Released:
Apr 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Restaurant Industry Reels from Pandemic Closures: Daycare Workers Are Essential for Medical Staff to Work A lot of California day care centers are dealing with more kids, even as the preschools have fewer resources, like toilet paper. Reporter: Benjamin Purper, KVCR by KQED's The California Report