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

Céline Gounder, KFF 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.

Click here to watch Gounder on The Daily Report.

KFF 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.

Click here to hear Whitehead on The Georgia Health Report.
Read Whitehead’s “Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight.”

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<h1>Journalists Explain Colorectal Cancer Risk and Federal Pullback on Georgia Disability Oversight</h1>
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			February 21, 2026		</time>
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Céline Gounder, KFF 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.<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoiYYqMiM_4">Click here to watch Gounder on The Daily Report.</a></li></ul>KFF 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.<ul><li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2026-02-13/georgia-health-report-federal-oversight-of-state-mental-health-system-to-scale-back">Click here to hear Whitehead on The Georgia Health Report.</a></li><li>Read Whitehead’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/georgia-disabilities-institutionalized-federal-oversight-doj/">Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight</a>.”</li></ul><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>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-february-21-2026-colorectal-cancer-georgia-disability-federal-oversight/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<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;">
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