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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Roe v. Wade on the Rocks

December 2, 2021

A Supreme Court majority appears ready to overturn nearly 50 years of abortion rights, at least judging by the latest round of oral arguments before the justices. And a new covid variant, omicron, gains attention as it spreads around the world. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Blake Farmer of Nashville Public Radio about the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode.

The Pandemic Almost Killed Allie. Her Community’s Vaccination Rate Is 45%.

By Sarah Varney September 7, 2021

As the delta variant overtakes Mississippi and other undervaccinated parts of the country, one 13-year-old girl’s experience with covid and MIS-C shows a community’s reluctance to embrace public health precautions and continued vulnerability to the pandemic.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Biden Budget Touches All the Bases

March 10, 2023

Very little in the proposed budget released by the Biden administration is likely to become law, particularly with Republicans in charge of the U.S. House. Still, the document is an important statement of the president’s policy priorities, and it’s clear health programs are among those he feels are important. Meanwhile, five women who were denied abortions when their pregnancies threatened their lives are suing Texas. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Victoria Knight of Axios, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Harris Meyer, who reported and wrote the two latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” features. Both were about families facing unexpected bills following childbirth.

Long Drives, Air Travel, Exhausting Waits: What Abortion Requires in the South

By Sarah Varney August 3, 2021

Restrictive abortion regulations enacted across the South require women to drive across state lines to find safe services. With the U.S. Supreme Court set to hear a challenge to Roe v. Wade, abortion rights defenders say long drives and wait times could become the norm across much of America.

Why is the South the Epicenter of Anti-Abortion Fervor?

By Sarah Varney August 3, 2021

The Supreme Court, come autumn, will consider a Mississippi law that bans nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That’s hardly the most restrictive abortion law passed in the South. How did anti-abortion views become concentrated in the South?

Children and Covid: Journalists Explore Grief and Vaccine Side Effects

June 26, 2021

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.

The Making of Reluctant Activists: A Police Shooting in a Hospital Forces One Family to Rethink American Justice

By Sarah Varney May 10, 2021

In 2015, Houston police officers stepped into Alan Pean’s hospital room, closed the door and shot him through the chest. Nearly six years later, his survival has brought the Pean family a wrenching legacy and conflicted sense of purpose.

De reacios a activistas: el tiroteo en un hospital obliga a una familia de inmigrantes a repensar la justicia estadounidense

By Sarah Varney May 10, 2021

Un matrimonio de inmigrantes de Haití y México, y sus tres hijos, narran lo que es sentir el racismo en carne propia.

Strides Against HIV/AIDS Falter, Especially in the South, as Nation Battles Covid

By Sarah Varney April 21, 2021

Public health resources have shifted from one pandemic to the other, and experts fear steep declines in testing and diagnoses mean more people will contract HIV and die of AIDS.

Peligran avances contra el VIH por la lucha contra covid, en especial en el sur del país

By Sarah Varney April 21, 2021

El impacto exacto de una pandemia sobre la otra todavía está por evaluarse, pero los datos preliminares inquietan a expertos que hasta hace poco celebraban los enormes avances en el tratamiento del VIH.

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