{"id":876864,"date":"2025-10-11T00:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/11\/journalists-discuss-fallout-of-cdc-turmoil-and-recap-bitter-rfk-senate-hearing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T00:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:23:40","slug":"journalists-discuss-fallout-of-cdc-turmoil-and-recap-bitter-rfk-senate-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/11\/journalists-discuss-fallout-of-cdc-turmoil-and-recap-bitter-rfk-senate-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Discuss Fallout of CDC Turmoil and Recap Bitter RFK Senate Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg\" alt  ><\/figure>\n<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health,\u00a0discussed\u00a0recommendations for covid-19 vaccinations for children on NPR\u2019s \u201cMorning Edition\u201d on Aug. 20. Gounder then discussed the infant mortality crisis in Mississippi on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS Evening News Plus\u201d on Aug. 22. She also discussed the resignation of top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials after the ousting of agency director Susan Monarez on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d on Aug. 28.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/20\/nx-s1-5507239\/american-academy-of-pediatrics-differs-from-cdc-on-covid-vaccination-guidance\">Click here to hear Gounder on \u201cMorning Edition.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2wVr-YyLfWc\">Click here to watch Gounder on \u201cCBS Evening News Plus.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rrFpnMnFcSE\">Click here to watch Gounder on \u201cCBS Mornings.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read Gounder\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/senior-cdc-officials-resign-susan-monarez-ouster-concerns-over-scientific-independence\/\">Senior CDC Officials Resign After Monarez\u2019s Ouster, Citing Concerns Over Scientific Independence<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>KFF Health News national public health correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed how Trump administration officials interfered in the CDC\u2019s ability to respond to the West Texas measles outbreak on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS News Chicago\u201d on Aug. 25 and on WNYC\u2019s \u201cThe Brian Lehrer Show\u201d on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/video\/kff-health-news-reporter-discuss-investigation-into-cdcs-handling-of-texas-measles-outbreak\/#x\">Click here to watch Maxmen on \u201cCBS News Chicago.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/the-trump-administration-and-americas-worst-measles-outbreak-in-decades\/\">Click here to hear Maxmen on \u201cThe Brian Lehrer Show.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read Maxmen\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/texas-measles-outbreak-cdc-vaccines-rfk-trump\/\">As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered.<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>KFF Health News Nevada correspondent Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez discussed how Medicaid changes may affect Native American communities on KPFA\u2019s \u201cUpFront\u201d on Aug. 27.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/episode\/upfront-august-27-2025\/\">Click here to hear Orozco Rodriguez on \u201cUpFront.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read Orozco Rodriguez\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/native-americans-medicaid-work-requirements-exemptions-montana-nevada\/\">Native Americans Want To Avoid Past Medicaid Enrollment Snafus as Work Requirements Loom<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s latest appearance in front of a Senate committee on WBUR\u2019s \u201cHere &#038; Now\u201d on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2025\/09\/04\/rfk-jr-senate-finance-committee\">Click here to hear Rovner on \u201cHere &#038; Now.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tRelated Topics\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/topics\/medicaid\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMedicaid\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/topics\/race-and-health\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRace and Health\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/topics\/states\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStates\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/cdc\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCDC\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/childrens-health\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChildren&#8217;s Health\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/coronavirus\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/disparities\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDisparities\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/mississippi\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMississippi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/texas\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTexas\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/trump-administration\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrump Administration\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/vaccines\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVaccines\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-us\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tContact Us\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/tips\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSubmit a Story Tip\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/on-air-september-6-2025-cdc-monarez-rfk-senate-finance-covid-vaccinations\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health,\u00a0discussed\u00a0recommendations for covid-19 vaccinations for children on NPR\u2019s \u201cMorning Edition\u201d on Aug. 20. Gounder then discussed the infant mortality crisis in Mississippi on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS Evening News Plus\u201d on Aug. 22. 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