David Martin Davies

San Antonio

Talk Show Host at Texas Public Radio (San Antonio, TX)

Texas Dissident. Podcast - "The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson" Host The Source and Texas Matters on Texas Public Radio. Murrow Winner.

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El costo del brote de sarampión en Texas

1 week ago | tpr.org | David Martin Davies

Lee esta historia en inglés. El virus del sarampión sigue infectando a más personas en la zona oeste de Texas. Con dos muertes confirmadas y una bajo investigación durante el brote actual, las implicaciones para la salud a raíz del sarampión son evidentes. Quizás menos obvia sea la carga económica.
The cost of the measles outbreak in Texas

1 week ago | tpr.org | David Martin Davies

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. The measles virus continues to find new people to infect in West Texas. With two confirmed deaths and one under investigation in the current outbreak, the health implications of measles are evident. Perhaps less obvious is the economic burden. Dr. Alan Melnick is the director of public health for Clark County, Washington.
Mayoral Candidate Forums: Talk to Rolando Pablos on The Source

1 week ago | tpr.org | David Martin Davies

Rolando Pablos is a former Texas secretary of state appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott in January 2017. He served in the role for about two years. About five years prior to that, he served as the commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. His priorities include public safety, affordable housing and creating more jobs. Texas Public Radio is conducting mayoral candidate interviews on The Source, TPR's live call-in news program.
Mayoral Candidate Forums: Talk to Adriana Rocha Garcia on The Source

1 week ago | tpr.org | David Martin Davies

Adriana Rocha Garcia is the current council member for District 4 on San Antonio's Southwest side. Before joining the council, she worked as a marketing manager for SAMM Ministries, vice president of the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and for the city as a projects manager. Her priorities include public safety, better housing, wider access to health care, and assistance for small businesses.
Talk to the candidates: The Source holds San Antonio mayoral forums

1 week ago | tpr.org | David Martin Davies

Texas Public Radio is conducting mayoral candidate interviews on The Source, TPR's live call-in news program. Candidates will be given roughly 30 minutes each for a one-on-one interview with David Martin Davies, the host of The Source.
Texas Matters: RFK Jr: Measles and the cost of an outbreak

1 week ago | tpr.org | David Martin Davies

On Tuesday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was in Phoenix on his "Make America Healthy Again" tour. And he took questions from local reporters. One reporter asked: “Hi Secretary, I wanted to know what your strategy is for stopping the measles outbreak in Texas that continues to grow?”Kennedy responded: “Our strategy has been very successful. There are 640 cases now in Texas. The number continues to grow by the day, but the growth rate of the measles ...
When Home is the Danger

2 weeks ago | tpr.org | David Martin Davies

A Texas Public Radio investigation into the deaths of Texas children from abuse and neglect reveals many of the fatalities could have been prevented. However, the state agency with the responsibility to protect children who are in dangerous homes failed to intervene. The reporting project titled “When Home is the Danger” shines a light on the untold lives of Texas children lost too soon, uncovering the missteps and policy failures along the way.
Could Trump's tariffs crush fair trade?

2 weeks ago | tpr.org | David Martin Davies

There has been plenty of news coverage and analysis of the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on stock prices, consumer costs and global trade, but what about the impact on increasing poverty and human suffering around the world? What will happen to fair trade?
The man behind the AI revolution

2 weeks ago | tpr.org | David Martin Davies

The world that is 20 years in the future will be unrecognizable to the world we live in today because of the developments in AI, artificial intelligence. Every facet of human society, the economy, medicine, agriculture, transportation, trade and more will be reinvented because of AI. Nvidia is the company that is doing more than anything else to make sure that future happens even sooner. The computer chip maker is becoming the most significant and greatest valued technology company of our times.
Lessons from the 1989 measles outbreak: San Antonio became a national model for vaccine programs

2 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | David Martin Davies

From Texas Public Radio:The West Texas measles outbreak has been labeled as the worst in more than 30 years. To be precise, it was 36 years ago that Texas and the nation faced a historic measles outbreak. It lasted from 1989 to 1991. “So it was a really scary time,” said Dr. Julee Morrow, a pediatrician at Fort Worth’s Cook Children’s Hospital at that time and now remembers what the outbreak was like. “It was a tough time. It was a very concerning time. It was concerning for us,” Morrow said.