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

KFF 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.

• Click here to hear Rovner on 1A.

KFF 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.

• Click here to hear Bichell on Here & Now.
• 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.

KFF 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.

• Click here to hear Maxmen on The Brian Lehrer Show.
• Read Maxmen’s “‘We Live With Fear’: In Congo, Doctors Face Ebola With Little Protection.”

Céline Gounder, KFF 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.

• Click here to watch Gounder on LiveNow.

Elisabeth Rosenthal, KFF 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.

• Click here to watch Rosenthal on Dateline.