Health

Mary Olson, Director of the Southeast Office of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, talks about the greater danger faced by women and girls exposed to ionizing nuclear radiation. This includes trans-generational DNA damage. An expert in highly radioactive spent fuel policy, she discusses the dangers of transporting nuclear waste from nuclear power reactors and nuclear weapons facilities.

Mary Olson’s research and activism is a driving force for the Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. This Nuclear Free Future conversation takes heed of this topic 73 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945.

Senator Patrick Leahy discusses the recent attacks on coverage protections for pre-existing conditions of the Affordable Care Act.

Rate Review Hearing for Blue Cross Blue Shield of VT Part 2 - July 23, 2018

Sister Pat McKittrick, Community Health Improvement Coordinator with the University of Vermont Medical Center, talks with Female Forward host Mathilde Meyer. Sister Pat discusses the complexities of working with victims of human trafficking in Winooski. Her work involves bringing together civic and community organizations to assist people in need including homeless people on the street. This conversation offers insight into why Sister Pat chose her vocation of working with people who face difficult challenges. She also talks about the Peace Initiative in Winooski and activities at the O’Brien Center.