Journalists Talk Southern Health Care: HIV Drug Access, Medicaid Expansion, Vaccination Rates

February 15, 2025

�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Sarah Boden discussed cats and bird flu on KVPR’s “Central Valley Daily” on Feb. 12.

Read Boden’s “House Cats With Bird Flu Could Pose a Risk to Public Health”

�鶹Ů�� 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.

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

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

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

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

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

�鶹Ů�� 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.

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

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<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Sarah Boden discussed cats and bird flu on KVPR’s “Central Valley Daily” on Feb. 12. </p>

<li>Read Boden’s “<a href="/news/article/domestic-indoor-cats-bird-flu-public-health-risk-pets-humans/">House Cats With Bird Flu Could Pose a Risk to Public Health</a>”</li>
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<p>�鶹Ů�� 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.</p>

<li>Read Sausser’s “<a href="/news/article/south-carolina-clemson-rural-health-medicaid-expansion-clinics/">Across the South, Rural Health Care Has Become ‘Trendy.’ Medicaid Expansion Has Not.</a>”</li>
</ul>

<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Rebecca Grapevine, of Healthbeat, discussed the barriers to lifesaving HIV drugs in Georgia on America’s Heroes Group on Feb. 12.</p>

<li>Read “<a href="/news/article/prep-hiv-drug-biden-rule-access-georgia-barriers-remain/">Biden Rule Cleared Hurdles to Lifesaving HIV Drug, but in Georgia Barriers Remain</a>”</li>
</ul>

<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed childhood vaccination rates on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Feb. 7.</p>

<li>Read Whitehead’s “<a href="/news/article/childhood-vaccination-rates-exemptions-conservative-states-public-health/">Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping</a>,” co-reported with Daniel Chang</li>
</ul>

<p>�鶹Ů�� 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.</p>

<li>Read Maxmen’s “<a href="/news/article/us-exit-from-who-global-health-trump-executive-order/">What a US Exit From the WHO Means for Global Health</a>”</li>
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