Gounder Fills In Details Behind Ebola, GLP-1, and Trump Headlines
51视频 Health News' editor-at-large for public health discussed Ebola, GLP-1 drugs, ultraprocessed food, and more in TV appearances this week.
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鈥榃e Live With Fear鈥: In Congo, Doctors Face Ebola With Little Protection
Travel bans and conflict have disrupted supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving health workers without Ebola tests and protective gear needed to contain the outbreak.
By Amy Maxmen Medicaid Work Rules Surprise States
Episode 449Adult Medicaid enrollees with serious health conditions may not be automatically exempt from new work rules, according to a new regulation from the Trump administration. Meanwhile, the administration is also proposing to give political appointees even more power over who gets health and science grant funding. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Liz Essley Whyte of The Wall Street Journal join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 51视频 Health News鈥 Lauren Sausser, who wrote the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month.鈥
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Louisiana鈥檚 Reporting Law Chills Immigrant Medicaid Applications
A year after the measure鈥檚 passage, a state law is keeping immigrants and their children from accessing Medicaid even when they qualify.
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RFK Jr. Seeks To Peek at Americans鈥 Medical Records for Clues on Autism and Vaccines
To collect and scrutinize millions of Americans鈥 health data, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to work with state organizations that help health systems share medical records. In Nebraska, millions in federal dollars has flowed into one nonprofit cooperating with Kennedy鈥檚 project.
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Michigan Found a Way To Reduce School Vaccine Waivers. Until It Backfired.
The state had high rates of parents not vaccinating their children, so it started making them attend vaccine education sessions to opt out their kids. It seemed to work. Then things got ugly.
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Amid Ebola, Hantavirus Outbreaks, Democrats Decry Trump鈥檚 Health Cuts
Infectious disease specialists say the viruses are unlikely to become pandemics, but some are still raising concerns about the federal health response and what it portends should a pandemic similar to or worse than covid occur.
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Gounder Gives Lowdown on Ebola, Peptides, and Colorectal Screenings
51视频 Health News' editor-at-large for public health discussed peptides, colorectal cancer screening, and Ebola in TV appearances this week.
More Kids Without Coverage
Episode 448When Republicans passed their big budget bill in 2025, they thought the effects of cuts to health programs wouldn鈥檛 show up until after the 2026 midterms. They were wrong. Meanwhile, the party is trumpeting its efforts to lower drug prices. Maya Goldman of Axios, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner discusses Ebola with 51视频 Health News鈥 C茅line Gounder.
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In a Vaccine-Skeptical California County, a Potential Playbook To Contain Measles
Conservative Shasta County stopped a measles outbreak from spreading, enlisting teachers, church leaders, and other trusted community members to get the public on board with health guidelines. Infectious disease specialists say the successful effort could be a guide for other communities struggling to contain the highly contagious virus.
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Journalists Distill News on Ebola, Licensing Midwives, and California鈥檚 Budget
51视频 Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Sen. Cassidy Unleashed
Episode 447In the days after losing his reelection bid in Louisiana, Senate HELP Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy is already signaling that his loyalty to President Trump has waned. But how much Cassidy will try to accomplish toward his health agenda in his last months in office remains to be seen. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss this story and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews health policy professor Miranda Yaver, the author of a new book about health insurance denials.
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Colorado Charts Its Own Course on Vaccines Amid Federal Pullback
Doctors, lawmakers, and other advocates are joining forces to promote recommended childhood vaccines.
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Efforts To Understand the Nation鈥檚 Drugged Driving Problem Stall Under Trump
The data behind alcohol-related traffic deaths is well studied. Less understood is the toll of vehicle deaths involving drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. Attempts to fix that have been stymied by federal budget and staffing cuts.
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A Danish Couple鈥檚 Maverick African Research Finds Its Moment in RFK Jr.鈥檚 Vaccine Policy
The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became the U.S. health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. That has changed.
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Kennedy Swaps Vaccine Rhetoric for Story Time but Can鈥檛 Quite Change the Subject
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By Amanda Seitz In Search of a New FDA Commissioner
Episode 446As widely expected, Marty Makary stepped down as head of the FDA this week. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court weighs blocking telehealth prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone. Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Bloomberg News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.).
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Hantavirus聽News Roundup: From聽C茅line Gounder聽of 51视频 Health News聽
Following a recent outbreak of the deadly hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius, 51视频 Health News editor-at-large and infectious disease doctor C茅line Gounder spoke to numerous media outlets about the risks from the disease.
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License To Deliver: Some Midwives Break the Law To Assist With Home Births
Some states bar professional midwives from attending home births if they don鈥檛 have a nursing license. Their advocates say laws to allow midwife licensing would make home birth safer and more accessible, plus help address a maternity care shortage.
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RFK Jr. Swaps Vaccine Talk for Healthy Foods and Reading to Tots in Push To Woo Voters
He tested robotic hands on a heart surgery patient and chewed on microgreens in Ohio, but Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. couldn鈥檛 dodge questions about the Trump administration鈥檚 more controversial policies.
By Amanda Seitz