On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine are looking to use blood plasma in infection prevention and early treatment for COVID-19. Also this hour: Houston City Council Member Dr. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, representing District D, answers your questions. Then, what Nelson Mandela's "Struggle For Freedom" against apartheid can teach us about America today. And a Houston father and daughter start a podcast to talk about the signs of suicidal behavior and how to help.

On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine are looking to use blood plasma in infection prevention and early treatment for COVID-19. Also this hour: Houston City Council Member Dr. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, representing District D, answers your questions. Then, what Nelson Mandela's "Struggle For Freedom" against apartheid can teach us about America today. And a Houston father and daughter start a podcast to talk about the signs of suicidal behavior and how to help.

On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine are looking to use blood plasma in infection prevention and early treatment for COVID-19. Also this hour: Houston City Council Member Dr. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, representing District D, answers your questions. Then, what Nelson Mandela's "Struggle For Freedom" against apartheid can teach us about America today. And a Houston father and daughter start a podcast to talk about the signs of suicidal behavior&nbsp;and how to help.

Tuesday’s Houston Matters: Doctors Look To Plasma To Combat COVID, And City Council Member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz (Sept. 15, 2020)

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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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