Journalists Track Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis and Put Catholic Hospitals Under the Scope

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed her experiences reporting on addiction and offers advice to journalists starting on this beat for the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s “The Treat Addiction Save Lives Podcast” on March 18. She also discussed the spending questions surfacing as $1 billion flows into Massachusetts to fight opioids on WCVB NewsCenter 5’s “5 Investigates” on March 6.

KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed the constraints on women’s health care at Catholic and Catholic-affiliated hospitals for PBS’ “PBS News Weekend” on March 17.

KFF Health News ethnic media editor Paula Andalo discussed how Colorado students are pushing for the ability to carry naloxone on Radio Bilingüe’s “Linea Abierta” on March 14.

Click here to hear Andalo on “Linea Abierta” (in Spanish)
Read Rae Ellen Bichell’s “How a Friend’s Death Turned Colorado Teens Into Anti-Overdose Activists“
Leer Rae Ellen Bichell’s “Cómo la muerte de un amigo hizo que adolescentes de Colorado se volvieran activistas contra las sobredosis”

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<h1>Journalists Track Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis and Put Catholic Hospitals Under the Scope</h1>
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<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed her experiences reporting on addiction and offers advice to journalists starting on this beat for the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s “The Treat Addiction Save Lives Podcast” on March 18. She also discussed the spending questions surfacing as $1 billion flows into Massachusetts to fight opioids on WCVB NewsCenter 5’s “5 Investigates” on March 6. </p><ul><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/70q7YRtGLoxj4MFAmZyazp?si=2d42abe9e986439f&nd=1&dlsi=d4d7f8a2d1e84496">Click here to hear Pattani on “The Treat Addiction Save Lives Podcast” </a></li><li><a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/spending-of-opioid-settlement-money-massachusetts/60116915">Click here to watch Pattani on “5 Investigates” </a></li><li>Read Pattani’s series <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/opioid-settlements/">“Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash”</a></li></ul><p>KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed the constraints on women’s health care at Catholic and Catholic-affiliated hospitals for PBS’ “PBS News Weekend” on March 17. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/investigation-finds-policies-at-catholic-run-hospitals-restrict-reproductive-health-care">Click here to watch Pradhan on “PBS News Weekend”</a></li><li>Read Pradhan’s <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/catholic-hospitals-affiliates-ethical-religious-directives-reproductive-care/">“The Powerful Constraints on Medical Care in Catholic Hospitals Across America”</a></li></ul><p>KFF Health News ethnic media editor Paula Andalo discussed how Colorado students are pushing for the ability to carry naloxone on Radio Bilingüe’s “Linea Abierta” on March 14. </p><ul><li><a href="https://radiobilingue.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/la_240314_2.mp3">Click here to hear Andalo on “Linea Abierta”</a> (in Spanish)</li><li>Read Rae Ellen Bichell’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/teen-overdose-fentanyl-naloxone-narcan-state-legislation/">How a Friend’s Death Turned Colorado Teens Into Anti-Overdose Activists</a>“</li><li>Leer Rae Ellen Bichell’s <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/como-la-muerte-de-un-amigo-hizo-que-adolescentes-de-colorado-se-volvieran-activistas-contra-las-sobredosis/">“Cómo la muerte de un amigo hizo que adolescentes de Colorado se volvieran activistas contra las sobredosis”</a></li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-opioid-crisis-catholic-hospitals/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1830868&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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