• Click here to hear Boden on “Central Valley Daily”
• Read Boden’s “House Cats With Bird Flu Could Pose a Risk to Public Health”

KFF Health News South Carolina correspondent Lauren Sausser juxtaposed the increasing trendiness of rural health care and the lack of Medicaid expansion in the South on America’s Heroes Group on Feb. 12.

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• Read Sausser’s “Across the South, Rural Health Care Has Become ‘Trendy.’ Medicaid Expansion Has Not.”

KFF Health News contributor Rebecca Grapevine, of Healthbeat, discussed the barriers to lifesaving HIV drugs in Georgia on America’s Heroes Group on Feb. 12.

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• Read “Biden Rule Cleared Hurdles to Lifesaving HIV Drug, but in Georgia Barriers Remain”

KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed childhood vaccination rates on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Feb. 7.

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• Read Whitehead’s “Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping,” co-reported with Daniel Chang

KFF Health News public health local editor and correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed the U.S.’ pulling out of the World Health Organization on America’s Heroes Group on Feb. 5.

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• Read Maxmen’s “What a US Exit From the WHO Means for Global Health”

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• Click here to watch Allen on CBS News Chicago
• Read Allen’s “What RFK Jr. Might Face in His Nomination Hearings This Week”

KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed why the CIA has “low confidence” in its assessment of the origins of the covid-19 virus on CBS News 24/7 on Jan. 27.

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KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports on PBS’ “PBS News Weekend” on Jan. 25.

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• Read the KFF Health News series “Diagnosis: Debt”

KFF Health News contributor Sue O’Connell discussed Montana’s mental health facilities on Billings’ KTVQ on Jan. 24.

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• Read O’Connell’s “Montana Eyes $30M Revamp of Mental Health, Developmental Disability Facilities,” co-reported with Mike Dennison

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed bird flu in Georgia on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Jan. 24.

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• Read Amy Maxmen’s “How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic”

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services on CBS News on Jan. 22.

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KFF Health News correspondent Molly Castle Work discussed mental health specialists’ role in the Los Angeles wildfire response on America’s Heroes Group on Jan. 22.

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• Read Work’s “Amid Wildfire Trauma, L.A. County Dispatches Mental Health Workers to Evacuees”

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• Click here to hear Whitehead on “Health Hub”
• Click here to hear Whitehead on “The Georgia Health Report”
• Read Whitehead’s “Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping,” co-reported with Daniel Chang

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• Read Hart and Christine Mai-Duc’s “Health Care Is Newsom’s Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task.”

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed health policy on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio’s “The Roundtable” on Jan. 13.

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KFF Health News video producer and visual reporter Hannah Norman discussed PFAS contamination in well water on KVPR’s “Central Valley Daily” on Jan. 7.

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• Read Norman’s “Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources”

KFF Health News public health local editor and correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed the bird flu outbreak on KMOX on Jan. 8.

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• Read Maxmen’s “How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic”

KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed a new rule banning medical debt from credit reports on CBS Evening News on Jan. 7. Gounder also discussed the increase in covid, flu, respiratory syncytial virus, and norovirus cases across the U.S. as well as what to know about norovirus on CBS News 24/7 on Jan. 6 and Dec. 31, respectively.

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• Click here to watch Gounder discuss what to know about norovirus on CBS News 24/7

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• Click here to hear Gounder on “On With Kara Swisher.”
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KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the struggle to close the health gap, especially for rural, low-income African Americans, on KERA’s “Think” on Dec. 16.

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• Read Rayasam’s “Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress,” with reporting from KFF Health News senior correspondent Fred Clasen-Kelly.

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed state and local efforts to combat the opioid epidemic on C-SPAN on Dec. 15.

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• Read Pattani’s ongoing series, “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash.”

KFF Health News Peggy Girshman fellow Jackie Fortiér discussed the nationwide IV fluid shortage on PBS NewsHour on Dec. 14.

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• Read Fortiér’s “Nationwide IV Fluid Shortage Could Change How Hospitals Manage Patient Hydration.”

KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO and growing frustration over difficult insurance claims on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” podcast on Dec. 13.

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KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed health insurance on CBS News on Dec. 13.

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KFF Health News Northern California correspondent Vanessa G. Sánchez discussed a recent immigrant detention center lawsuit on City Limits’ podcast, “El Diario Sin Límites” on Dec. 9.

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• Read Sánchez’s “Immigration Detention Center Contractor Sues Over California Health Inspections.”
• Leer Sánchez’s “Contratista de centro de detención de inmigrantes demanda a California por inspecciones de salud.”

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• Read Allen’s “Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’”

KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed U.S. obesity rates on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Nov. 29.

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KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed how Wisconsinites can get health insurance from the federal marketplace on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” on Nov. 15.

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• Read Appleby’s “What’s New and What To Watch For in the Upcoming ACA Open Enrollment Period”

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KFF Health News South Carolina correspondent Lauren Sausser discussed racial disparities in maternal health on WFAE’s “Charlotte Talks” on Nov. 26.

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• Read the KFF Health News series “Systemic Sickness”

KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fluoride claims on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Nov. 22.

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• Read PolitiFact’s “Does Fluoride Cause Cancer, IQ Loss, and More? Fact-Checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Claims” by Samantha Putterman

KFF Health News contributor Sarah Varney discussed the second week of a trial in Idaho in which four women are challenging the state’s abortion laws on BSPR’s “Idaho Matters” on Nov. 20.

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• Read Varney’s “Idaho Calls Abortion ‘Barbaric and Gruesome’ in Trial Challenging Strict Ban”

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• Click here to hear Rovner on “Here & Now”
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KFF Health News correspondent Cara Anthony discussed the “Silence in Sikeston” project on St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air” on Nov. 19.

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KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed medical debt on The Pew Charitable Trusts’ podcast “After the Fact” on Nov. 15.

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• Read KFF Health News’ ongoing series “Diagnosis: Debt”

KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed dental implants on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Nov. 15.

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• Read Brett Kelman and Anna Werner’s “Dentists Are Pulling ‘Healthy’ and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn”

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• Read Stephanie Armour’s “Trump’s White House Return Poised To Tangle Health Care Safety Net”

KFF Health News correspondent Brett Kelman discussed dental implants on KCBS on Nov. 4.

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• Read Kelman’s “Dentists Are Pulling ‘Healthy’ and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn,” with reporting from Anna Werner, CBS News

KFF Health News California correspondent Christine Mai-Duc discussed an abortion clinic lawsuit on KCBS on Oct. 31.

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• Read Mai-Duc’s “‘A Pressure Campaign’: Beverly Hills Settles After Allegedly Blocking Abortion Clinic”

KFF Health News South Dakota correspondent Arielle Zionts discussed the Purchased/Referred Care program for Native American patients on “Native America Calling” on Oct. 24.

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• Read Zionts’, “Patients Suffer When Indian Health Service Doesn’t Pay for Outside Care,” with reporting from Katheryn Houghton

KFF Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder shared tips for preventing cardiovascular disease on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on Oct. 24. Gounder also joined “CBS News 24/7” to discuss McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers linked to an E. coli outbreak and “CBS Mornings” to discuss a frozen waffle recall due to a potential listeria contamination, both on Oct. 22.

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• Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS News 24/7” on Oct. 22
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