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Big swings in federal vaccine policy are giving some parents and clinicians whiplash. Ńîšóĺú´ŤĂ˝Ňîl Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on WAMUâs âHealth Hubâ to break down the latest developments and their relation to growing cases of vaccine-preventable illnesses in the Washington, D.C., region.
North Carolina rolled out a $3.1 billion insurance plan for kids in foster care, but many doctors did not accept patients on the plan. The state is one of several experimenting with a model that has left kidsâ guardians scrambling to find health care providers.
Behind their warm-and-fuzzy marketing, infant formula industry giants Abbott, maker of Similac products, and Mead Johnson, maker of the Enfamil line, have turned neonatal intensive care units into arenas of brutal competition.
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U.S. doctors are getting the word out about how to spot a rare measles complication that had been a relic of the past: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. It affects a person years after a measles infection, often starting with mobility issues and progressing to paralysis. Itâs nearly always fatal.
A top GOP pollster has said anti-vaccine policies could create risks for the Trump administration in the midterm elections. But backing away from those policies â and other initiatives that have been high on the Make America Healthy Again to-do list â threatens to upset a key voting bloc.
Dentists, hygienists, and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the covid-19 pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency room for tooth decay.
A year after Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, warily cast the vote ensuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.âs ascension to Health and Human Services secretary, his lifeâs work â in medicine and in politics â is unraveling.
As the number of cases grows to about 1,000 in the Carolinas, health care workers whoâve never seen the vaccine-preventable disease can get caught by surprise.
Before being confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nationâs official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
At a January event organized by allies of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Cancer Institute Director Anthony Letai said results may be released âin a few months.â Ivermectin, used to deworm horses and other animals, has become a symbol of resistance against the medical establishment among supporters of Kennedyâs âMake America Healthy Againâ agenda and many conservatives.
Verite Newsâ reporters tested soil in more than 80 playgrounds for lead contamination. Even in trace amounts, lead exposure in children can result in lower IQs, learning challenges, and behavioral issues.
This installment of InvestigateTV and Ńîšóĺú´ŤĂ˝Ňîl Health Newsâ âCostly Careâ series explores how administrative errors can leave patients on the hook for bills they shouldnât owe â sometimes with few options to correct a problem they didnât create.
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With lawmakers still mired over renewing enhanced tax credits for Affordable Care Act plans, much of Washington has turned to culture war issues. Meanwhile, âconfusionâ remains the watchword at HHS as personnel and funding decisions continue to be made and unmade with little notice. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join Ńîšóĺú´ŤĂ˝Ňîl Health Newsâ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Ńîšóĺú´ŤĂ˝Ňîl Health Newsâ Elisabeth Rosenthal, who wrote the latest âBill of the Monthâ report.
Martha Santana-Chin, a daughter of Mexican immigrants, last year took the helm of L.A. Care, the nationâs largest publicly operated health plan. She warns that looming federal cuts will push up to 650,000 people off L.A. Careâs Medicaid rolls by the end of 2028.
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Congress returned from its break facing a familiar question: whether to extend the expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans that expired at the end of 2025. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke a promise to Bill Cassidy, the chairman of Senate health committee, by overhauling the federal governmentâs childhood vaccine schedule to reduce the number of diseases for which vaccines will be recommended. Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join Ńîšóĺú´ŤĂ˝Ňîl Health Newsâ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more.
The CDC is recommending fewer childhood vaccines, although the ones it has jettisoned from the recommended schedule have successfully battled serious illness for years. Experts warn that if vaccine uptake falls, millions could be hospitalized â or worse â as a result of preventable diseases.
States facing yawning budget shortfalls have begun cutting Medicaid reimbursements for a wide variety of services. In some states, dramatic cuts are targeting therapies that many families of autistic people say are essential to caring for their loved ones.
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