{"id":13475,"date":"2026-05-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=13475"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:00:00","slug":"journalists-distill-news-on-ebola-licensing-midwives-and-californias-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=13475","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Distill News on Ebola, Licensing Midwives, and California\u2019s Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed the diversion of a Detroit-bound plane to Canada over Ebola concerns on CBS News\u2019 <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> on May 21. Gounder also discussed how the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s Ebola outbreak has been declared a global health emergency on Fox\u2019s <em>LiveNOW<\/em> on May 18.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ahKvmqsrEfk\">Click here to watch Gounder on <em>CBS Mornings<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RqV4V4kdcKs\">Click here to watch Gounder on <em>LiveNOW<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed Georgia\u2019s debate over licensing midwives on WUGA\u2019s <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on May 15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2026-05-15\/georgia-health-report-georgia-midwives-seek-regulation\">Click here to hear Rayasam on <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read reporter Lisa Rab\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/health-industry\/certified-professional-midwives-home-births-state-licensure-lack-georgia\/\">License To Deliver: Some Midwives Break the Law To Assist With Home Births<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart discussed California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s budget rollbacks on KQED\u2019s <em>Political Breakdown<\/em> on May 14.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/newsom-unveils-final-budget-proposal\/id1327641087?i=1000767842325\">Click here to hear Hart on <em>Political Breakdown<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News California correspondent Christine Mai-Duc discussed Medicaid funding in California on LAist\u2019s <em>AirTalk<\/em> on May 14.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/trump-admin-defers-medicaid-funding-test-scores-decline-sag-aftra-and-ai-tv-talk-and-more\">Click here to hear Mai-Duc on <em>AirTalk<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. 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