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