Journalists Explain a Spat Over Sugary Coffee and How Measles Fools Doctors

March 7, 2026

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On CBS News’ CBS Mornings on March 5, Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the Massachusetts governor’s retort to comments by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about popular coffee chains.

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�鶹Ů�� Health News South Dakota correspondent Arielle Zionts discussed the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program on Marketplace’s Make Me Smart podcast on Feb. 19.

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�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed excited delirium on Vox Media Podcast Network’s Criminal on March 6.

<li>Read Rayasam’s “<a href="/news/article/excited-delirium-police-deaths-state-legislation-bans/">As More States Target Disavowed ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis, Police Groups Push Back.</a>”</li>
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On CBS News’ CBS Mornings on March 5, Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the Massachusetts governor’s retort to comments by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about popular coffee chains.

�鶹Ů�� Health News California correspondent Christine Mai-Duc discussed Affordable Care Act premium increases on CapRadio’s Insight With Vicki Gonzalez on March 2.

<li>Read Mai-Duc’s “<a href="/news/article/insurance-premium-payments-terminal-diagnosis-aca-subsidies-covered-california/">‘Kind of Morbid’: Health Premiums Threaten Their Nest Egg. A Terminal Diagnosis May Spare It.</a>”</li>
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�鶹Ů�� Health News rural health reporter Andrew Jones discussed how younger doctors are struggling to diagnose measles on KMOX’s Total Information AM on Feb. 27.

<li>Read Jones’ “<a href="/news/article/measles-outbreak-cdc-carolina-sc-nc-vaccines/">Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before</a>.”</li>
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�鶹Ů�� Health News South Dakota correspondent Arielle Zionts discussed the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program on Marketplace’s Make Me Smart podcast on Feb. 19.

<li>Read Zionts’ “<a href="/news/article/rural-health-transformation-state-distribution-technical-scores-variation-deadlines/">States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans</a>,” co-reported with Sarah Jane Tribble and Maia Rosenfeld.</li>
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