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Gounder Culls the News, From Ticks and AI to Who Might Lead CDC

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the increase in hospital visits during tick season on CBS’ CBS Mornings on April 20. On April 18, for CBS News’ The Daily Report, Gounder discussed how some health podcasts generated by artificial intelligence are spreading misinformation. She also spoke with Scripps News about President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Erica Schwartz.

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Journalists Talk Hot Health Topics: Urgent Care Clinics Performing Abortions and Doulas’ Pay

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

�鶹Ů�� Health News Michigan correspondent Kate Wells discussed urgent care clinics offering abortions on Apple News Today on April 15.

Read Wells’ “Urgent Care Clinics Move To Fill Abortion Care Gaps in Rural Areas.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News Montana correspondent Katheryn Houghton discussed doula Medicaid reimbursements on Montana Public Radio on April 9.

Read Houghton’s “This Northern Cheyenne Doula Was About To Start Getting Paid — Then Medicaid Cuts Hit.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Michelle Andrews discussed farm bureau health plans on The Yonder Report on April 8.

Read Andrews’ “Farm Bureau Health Plans Beat the ACA on Prices With an Age-Old Tactic: Rejecting Sick People.”

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Rovner Recaps Medicaid Cuts’ Impact on Hospitals and Fields Caller Questions on Affordability

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

�鶹Ů�� Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts on WAMU’s 1A on April 7. She also discussed health care affordability on The Middle With Jeremy Hobson on April 3.

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Journalists Capsulize Weight Loss News and ACA Premium Pressures

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a new weight loss pill approved by the FDA on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on April 2.

�鶹Ů�� Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed high Affordable Care Act premiums on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on March 27.

Read Renuka Rayasam’s “When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage.”

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Journalists Shine Light on Out-of-Reach Insurance Prices, AI’s Role in Claims Disputes, and Susie Wiles

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the �鶹Ů�� Health News series “Priced Out,” which focuses on the health insurance crisis, on An Arm and a Leg on March 19.

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Read Rayasam’s “When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News rural health reporter Andrew Jones discussed the spread of measles across the Carolinas on WUNC’s Due South on March 17.

Read Jones’ “Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before.”

Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed on CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on March 16 how U.S. hospitals and insurers are turning to AI to settle disputes over medical claims and payments. On March 17, she outlined the court ruling blocking the Trump administration’s vaccine policy changes for children on CBS News’ CBS Mornings. Gounder also discussed Susie Wiles’ decision to stay on as White House chief of staff amid breast cancer treatment on CBS News 24/7’s The Takeout on March 16.

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Journalists Talk Medicaid Work Mandate in Georgia and Wage Garnishment Bill in Colorado

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

�鶹Ů�� Health News southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Medicaid work requirements on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on March 6.

Read Whitehead’s “,” co-reported with Samantha Liss.

�鶹Ů�� Health News Colorado correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell discussed wage garnishment legislation on KUNC’s In the NoCo on March 5.

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

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

Read Zionts’ “,” co-reported with Sarah Jane Tribble and Maia Rosenfeld.

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ICE, ALS, Addiction Medicine, and Robotic Ultrasounds: Journalists Sound Off on All That and More

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000

�鶹Ů�� Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed how family members and lawyers of those in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody are struggling to find them in California hospitals on CapRadio’s Insight With Vicki Gonzalez on Feb. 25.

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Read Boyd-Barrett’s “‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees.”

Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the neurodegenerative disease ALS on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on Feb. 20.

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed Elyse Stevens, a New Orleans doctor who faced investigation because of her patient-centered approach to substance use disorders, on The Lens’ Behind The Lens podcast on Feb. 20.

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Read Pattani’s “Inside the Battle for the Future of Addiction Medicine.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News chief rural correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed major cuts to Medicaid on WBUR’s Here & Now on Feb. 19. Tribble also discussed Alabama’s plan for robotic ultrasounds on The Daily Yonder’s The Yonder Report on Feb. 19.

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Read Tribble’s “Alabama’s ‘Pretty Cool’ Plan for Robots in Maternity Care Sparks Debate.”

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Journalists Explain Colorectal Cancer Risk and Federal Pullback on Georgia Disability Oversight

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed on CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on Feb. 16 how the recent deaths of two actors sparked searches for colorectal cancer information.

�鶹Ů�� Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on Feb. 13 how the Justice Department is pulling back its oversight of Georgia’s system for people with disabilities.

Read Whitehead’s “Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight.”

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Journalists Unpack Impact of ICE Arrests on Families and Caffeine’s Effect on Dementia Risk

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal discussed the cost of cancer care in the wake of James Van Der Beek’s death on ABC News’ ABC News Live on Feb. 12.

�鶹Ů�� Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed how families of detainees by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency are struggling to find those who have been hospitalized on KQED’s The California Report on Feb. 10.

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Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a new study linking daily coffee or caffeinated tea intake to lower dementia risk on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on Feb. 10.

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed differing opinions within the addiction medicine community on WNO’s Louisiana Considered on Feb 6.

Read Pattani’s “.”

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