Journalists Talk Medicaid Cuts and New Limitations on Weight Loss Drugs and Covid Shots

May 24, 2025

�鶹Ů�� Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts in the House budget bill on CBS News on May 22.

Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed weight loss drugs and covid-19 vaccines on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on May 22 and May 21, respectively.

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed end-of-life incarceration on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May 16.

Read Rayasam’s “Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates’ End-of-Life Choices.”

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<h2>Journalists Talk Medicaid Cuts and New Limitations on Weight Loss Drugs and Covid Shots</h2>

<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts in the House budget bill on CBS News on May 22.</p>

<p>Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed weight loss drugs and covid-19 vaccines on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on May 22 and May 21, respectively.</p>

<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed end-of-life incarceration on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May 16. </p>

<li>Read Rayasam’s “<a href="/news/article/prison-end-of-life-care-dying-inmates-rights-alabama/">Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates’ End-of-Life Choices</a>.”</li>
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