Journalists Highlight Medical Neglect in ICE Detention, RFK Jr. Antidepressant Comments

Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s position on antidepressants on WAMU’s 1A on June 10.
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Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News journalist Rae Ellen Bichell discussed, on WBUR’s Here & Now on June 10, a recent investigation that found immigration facilities aren’t providing adequate medical care.
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- Read Bichell’s “Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US,” reported with Maia Rosenfeld and Renuka Rayasam and in collaboration with The Associated Press.
Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News national public health correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show on June 9.
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- Read Maxmen’s “‘We Live With Fear’: In Congo, Doctors Face Ebola With Little Protection.”
Céline Gounder, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed on Fox’s LiveNow on June 8 how public health experts are preparing for the World Cup.
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Elisabeth Rosenthal, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News’ senior contributing editor for health news analysis and author of the bestseller An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back, discussed the challenges of reforming the American healthcare system on NBC’s Dateline on June 5.
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