CDC Staff Tell Journalist They Felt Targeted Even Before Atlanta Campus Shooting

August 16, 2025

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees’ reaction to a deadly shooting at the agency’s Atlanta office on CBS News 24/7’s “The Daily Report” on Aug. 11.

Click here to watch Gounder on “The Daily Report.”

KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed how President Donald Trump’s recent megabill is unlikely to insulate Medicaid expansion holdout states from health cuts on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Aug. 8.

Click here to hear Whitehead on “The Georgia Health Report.”
Read Whitehead’s “Even in States That Fought Obamacare, Trump’s New Law Poses Health Consequences.”

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CDC Staff Tell Journalist They Felt Targeted Even Before Atlanta Campus Shooting

August 16, 2025

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<h1>CDC Staff Tell Journalist They Felt Targeted Even Before Atlanta Campus Shooting</h1>

<p>Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees’ reaction to a deadly shooting at the agency’s Atlanta office on CBS News 24/7’s “The Daily Report” on Aug. 11.</p>

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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSyO7IFH6sI">Click here to watch Gounder on “The Daily Report.”</a></li>
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<p>KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed how President Donald Trump’s recent megabill is unlikely to insulate Medicaid expansion holdout states from health cuts on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Aug. 8.</p>

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<li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2025-08-08/georgia-health-report-how-the-big-beautiful-bill-likely-will-not-deliver-promises-to-medicaid-expansion-hold-outs">Click here to hear Whitehead on “The Georgia Health Report.”</a></li>

<li>Read Whitehead’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-expansion-holdout-states-unrewarded-trump-health-policy/">Even in States That Fought Obamacare, Trump’s New Law Poses Health Consequences</a>.” </li>
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