Journalists Give Rundown on Bird Flu Risks, HIV Rates, and the Fate of Shuttered Hospitals
KFF Health News Colorado correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell discussed farmworkers and their risk of contracting bird flu on KGNU on Sept. 5.
- Click here to hear Bichell on KGNU
- Read Bichell’s “With Only Gloves To Protect Them, Farmworkers Say They Tend Sick Cows Amid Bird Flu”
KFF Health News Northern California correspondent Vanessa G. Sánchez discussed HIV rates among Latinos in San Francisco on KQED on Aug. 26.
- Click here to hear Sánchez on KQED
- Read Sánchez’s “Cautious Optimism in San Francisco as New Cases of HIV in Latinos Decrease”
On WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Aug. 23, KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed “certificate of need” laws — which allow existing hospitals and other health facilities to block would-be competitors’ plans to expand by arguing there’s insufficient need for their services.
- Click here to hear Miller on “The Georgia Health Report”
- Read “Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Shuttered Hospitals in Georgia” by Miller and Sam Whitehead
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