On Monday's Houston Matters: Over the weekend, Texas surpassed 500,000 COVID-19 cases statewide. But, in Greater Houston, the positivity rate is declining. We get an update on how the pandemic is affecting Houston’s public safety net hospitals from Dr. Esmaeil Porsa, president and CEO of Harris Health System. And a Texas A&M research project identifies COVID-19 positive pets in Brazos county. We learn more from an epidemiologist leading the project. Also this hour: Houston-area immigrants are... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/08/10/379315/mondays-houston-matters-the-pandemics-impact-on-public-hospitals-and-a-new-addition-at-memorial-park-aug-10-2020/">Read More</a>

On Monday's Houston Matters: Over the weekend, Texas surpassed 500,000 COVID-19 cases statewide. But, in Greater Houston, the positivity rate is declining. We get an update on how the pandemic is affecting Houston’s public safety net hospitals from Dr. Esmaeil Porsa, president and CEO of Harris Health System. And a Texas A&M research project identifies COVID-19 positive pets in Brazos county. We learn more from an epidemiologist leading the project. Also this hour: Houston-area immigrants are... Read More

On Monday's Houston Matters: Over the weekend, Texas surpassed 500,000 COVID-19 cases statewide. But, in Greater Houston, the positivity rate is declining. We get an update on how the pandemic is affecting&nbsp;Houston’s public safety net hospitals from Dr. Esmaeil Porsa, president and CEO of Harris Health System. And a Texas A&amp;M research project identifies COVID-19 positive pets in Brazos county. We learn more from an epidemiologist leading the project. Also this hour: Houston-area immigrants are... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/08/10/379315/mondays-houston-matters-the-pandemics-impact-on-public-hospitals-and-a-new-addition-at-memorial-park-aug-10-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Monday’s Houston Matters: The Pandemic’s Impact On Public Hospitals, And A New Addition At Memorial Park (Aug. 10, 2020)

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we&#8217;ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston&#8230;well&#8230;Houston! We&#8217;ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation &#8212; one we hope you&#8217;ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

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Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

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