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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Nutrition Programs Face Their Own Shutdown

October 23, 2025 Podcast

Two major nutrition programs — SNAP and WIC — are likely to exhaust their funding in November, and the furloughs and firings at the CDC have left the agency unable to perform some of its major functions. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s new IVF policy is being met with dissatisfaction from both sides. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Katheryn Houghton, who wrote the latest “Bill of the Month” feature.

From Hospital Profits to Gender Gaps, Journalists Are on the Case

April 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Journalists Unpack Patchwork Vaccine Rollout, Rapid Covid Tests and More

April 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Journalists Dissect Covid Vaccines and Variants

March 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Brecha de género contra covid: se vacunan más mujeres que hombres

By Laura Ungar April 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Porque representan gran parte de la fuerza laboral en atención médica y educación, porque viven más o porque son más proactivas, las mujeres tienen tasas más altas de vacunación contra covid.

The Gender Vaccine Gap: More Women Than Men Are Getting Covid Shots

By Laura Ungar April 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A KHN examination of state vaccine statistics shows that more women than men have gotten covid vaccines. Experts cite demographic realities of those who were part of the initial rollout but also women’s greater likelihood to seek preventive health care.

Condados más ricos del país, abrumados por el aumento del hambre infantil

By Laura Ungar March 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Los incrementos más pronunciados se registran en algunos de los condados más adinerados, donde la riqueza general oscurece las frágiles finanzas de los trabajadores con salarios bajos.

Need Amid Plenty: Richest US Counties Are Overwhelmed by Surge in Child Hunger

By Laura Ungar March 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Hunger among kids is skyrocketing, even in America’s wealthiest counties. But given the nation’s highly uneven charitable food system, affluent communities have been far less ready for the unprecedented crisis than places accustomed to dealing with poverty and hardship.

For Spring Season, Young Athletes Get Back in the Game Despite Covid Risk

By Laura Ungar March 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

With schools opening up classrooms, millions of young athletes are also getting out on fields and courts. But pandemic precautions and delays are spurring conflicts among parents, coaches and doctors.

KHN on the Air This Week

December 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US

By Laura Ungar January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As President Biden calls for more support to help schools hold in-person classes, public health experts say schools can be relatively safe if they take well-known steps to prevent covid. But a KHN investigation shows many districts and states have ignored health advice or written their own questionable safety rules for schools.

Mientras los vulnerables esperan, cónyuges de políticos reciben la vacuna contra covid

By Laura Ungar January 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Los políticos que recibieron la vacuna junto con sus cónyuges dijeron que querían dar el ejemplo y generar confianza. Pero algunos cuestionan esta razón.

As the Vulnerable Wait, Some Political Leaders’ Spouses Get Covid Vaccines

By Laura Ungar January 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Spouses of governors and federal leaders are getting early access to scarce doses of covid-19 vaccines. Some officials have argued their inoculation sets an example for the public and shows the vaccines to be safe and effective. But critics say those doses should go to more vulnerable people first.

Children’s Hospitals Are Partly to Blame as Superbugs Increasingly Attack Kids

By Laura Ungar January 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A growing body of research shows that overuse and misuse of antibiotics in children’s hospitals is helping fuel superbugs, which typically strike frail seniors but are increasingly infecting kids. And the pandemic is making things worse.

Watch: Florida Gutted Its Public Health System Ahead of Pandemic

September 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN Midwest editor and correspondent Laura Ungar appeared on Spectrum News and Fox 35 Orlando to discuss cuts to Florida’s public health system that have hampered its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

After a Deadly COVID Outbreak, Maryland County Takes Steps to Protect Health Workers

By Laura Ungar December 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Prince George’s County in Maryland is taking action after a coronavirus outbreak left veteran public health worker Chantee Mack dead and several colleagues with lasting medical problems. But some staffers say more still needs to be done to keep public health workers on the front lines of the COVID fight safe.

Thousands of Doctors’ Offices Buckle Under Financial Stress of COVID

By Laura Ungar November 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Across the nation, primary care practices that were already struggling are closing, victims of the pandemic’s financial fallout. And this is reducing access to health care, especially in rural and other regions already short on doctors.

Looking to Kentucky’s Past to Understand Montana Health Nominee’s Future

By Katheryn Houghton and Laura Ungar March 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Montana’s pick for health director has garnered both praise and criticism for his past in Kentucky, where he sought to add work requirements to the state’s Medicaid program and was a top health official amid a hepatitis A outbreak.

Schools Walk the Tightrope Between Ideal Safety and the Reality of Covid

By Laura Ungar and Samantha Young February 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Across the country, politics have muddied the question of when and how to reopen schools. Even though teachers continue to fear for their safety, lawmakers and parents are demanding that schools take advantage of declining infection rates to open safely and quickly.

Musicians Improvise Masks for Wind Instruments to Keep the Band Together

By Laura Ungar October 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Instrumentalists in ensembles, marching bands and other groups are getting creative with pantyhose, air filters, fabric and sewing machines to reduce the risk of COVID without silencing the music.

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