migrant workers The ‘Invisible Population' of Migrant Farmworkers Are More Vulnerable Than Ever The jobs that migrant farmworkers do every day feed the American population and are essential to the economy. But their contributions often go unacknowledged. Monica Ramirez, president and founder of Justice for Migrant Women, joined LX News Now to discuss their struggles with food insecurity, lack of childcare and dangerous conditions — all of which have been made worse during...
rebound Vegan Juice Bar Brings Fresh Options to Dallas Food Desert A Dallas, Texas vegan restaurant owner saw a jump in sales during the pandemic, as people sought out healthy and affordable meals at 'Recipe Oak Cliff.'
rebound Vegan Juice Bar Serves Fresh Options To Dallas Food Desert A vegan restaurant in Dallas, Texas, saw a jump in sales during the pandemic, as people sought out healthy and affordable meals at Recipe Oak Cliff.
hurricanes How Louisiana Hospitals Weathered Ida and Cared For COVID Patients The power went out in the critical care unit. The winds were howling. But still, the staff at Thibodaux Health System in Louisiana were able to care for the coronavirus patients as Hurricane Ida damaged the state. CEO Greg Stock talks about how the hospitals held up.
mental health As Kids Deal With COVID Trauma, Should We Give Them Mental Health Days? Between the COVID pandemic and regular stresses of student life, kids could use mental health days at school, says Dr. Michael Enenbach. The pandemic “is sort of a collective trauma that we’ve all dealt with…the effects could be seen as long as two to four years later.” He recommends using a child’s mental health day for something fun, away from...
schools Four Key Things Schools Can Do to Make Them Safe for Kids With schools in some states opening this week as the COVID-19 delta variant surges across the country, many parents are understandably anxious. But there are things schools can do to reduce the risk to their students. Dr. Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University Hospital, explains four things schools can do to keep kids safe. (And yes, they...
nurses A Nurse Describes Her Harrowing Battle with PTSD After the First COVID-19 Wave Cassandra Alexander, a certified nurse in the Bay Area of California, spent months watching patients die from COVID-19 before the “slow accretion of sorrow” left her deep in her own crisis with PTSD. Alexander, who wrote about her trauma in a recent op-ed in HuffPost, shares her story on LX News. If you, or someone you know, is in need...
COVID-19 Congratulations! Now, Get Out. Olympians Get Rushed Out of Tokyo as Games End As the Tokyo Olympics wind down, its athletes — and even its most decorated medalists — are getting rushed out of the country almost immediately after stepping off the podium. That’s due to Japanese visa restrictions related to worries about the spread of COVID-19. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain explains.
Alex Morgan Alex Morgan on How COVID-19 Affected the USWNT in the Tokyo Olympics “I think that everyone was kind of working a little more individually rather than as a team,” reflected the U.S. women’s soccer forward.
schools We Had a Doctor Grade State Plans to Open Schools This Fall — And He Gave a Few Fs With the Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading, anxiety is rising about how to get kids back to school this fall safely. We asked for a doctor to help grade the plans for school openings in Texas, New York, Illinois, Florida, Arkansas and California. Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, got out his gradebook.
