Weekend Listen: Trump canceled the National Nature Assessment. Scientists will publish it anyway, how UW Medicine is treating Latino farmworkers with Long Covid, and how Mayor Katie Wilson plans to fix the “L8”

About this episode

The episode discusses the National Nature Assessment, the impact of Long Covid on Latino farmworkers, and improvements to Seattle's number 8 bus service.

Today, we’re bringing you the best from newsrooms across Washington… First, President Joe Biden announced an executive order that created the first-ever national assessment of nature, but President Donald Trump rescinded the effort on his first day in office. The team that had started the work – led by a professor at the University of Washington – refused to give it up. Next, doctors at UW Medicine’s Long Covid Clinic are beginning to see patterns of how Long Covid is impacting various communities, including Latino farmworkers. And finally, you heard about it on Casual Friday - The notoriously late number 8 bus in Seattle is finally getting fixed.

Topics covered

• National Nature Assessment
• Long Covid
• Latino farmworkers
• Seattle public transport
• Biden executive order
• Trump administration
• community health

Keywords

• Trump
• Biden
• Long Covid
• UW Medicine
• Seattle
• National Nature Assessment
• Latino farmworkers
• public transport
• community health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Washington, UW Medicine

Products: number 8 bus

Places: Seattle, Washington

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