Journalists Talk Southern Health Care: HIV Drug Access, Medicaid Expansion, Vaccination Rates

KFF Health News contributor Sarah Boden discussed cats and bird flu on KVPR’s “Central Valley Daily” on Feb. 12.

• Click here to hear Boden on “Central Valley Daily”
• Read Boden’s “House Cats With Bird Flu Could Pose a Risk to Public Health“

KFF Health News South Carolina correspondent Lauren Sausser juxtaposed the increasing trendiness of rural health care and the lack of Medicaid expansion in the South on America’s Heroes Group on Feb. 12.

• Click here to watch Sausser on America’s Heroes Group
• Read Sausser’s “Across the South, Rural Health Care Has Become ‘Trendy.’ Medicaid Expansion Has Not.“

KFF Health News contributor Rebecca Grapevine, of Healthbeat, discussed the barriers to lifesaving HIV drugs in Georgia on America’s Heroes Group on Feb. 12.

• Click here to watch Grapevine on America’s Heroes Group
• Read “Biden Rule Cleared Hurdles to Lifesaving HIV Drug, but in Georgia Barriers Remain“

KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed childhood vaccination rates on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Feb. 7.

• Click here to hear Whitehead on “The Georgia Health Report”
• Read Whitehead’s “Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping,” co-reported with Daniel Chang

KFF Health News public health local editor and correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed the U.S.’ pulling out of the World Health Organization on America’s Heroes Group on Feb. 5.

• Click here to watch Maxmen on America’s Heroes Group
• Read Maxmen’s “What a US Exit From the WHO Means for Global Health“

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