{"id":15199,"date":"2026-08-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=15199"},"modified":"2026-08-22T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:00:00","slug":"journalists-highlight-innovations-in-vaccines-and-safeguarding-maternal-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=15199","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Highlight Innovations in Vaccines and Safeguarding Maternal Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed the potential of Moderna\u2019s melanoma vaccine breakthrough on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s <em>The Daily Report<\/em> on Aug. 19, drawing on her experience as a former melanoma patient.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UbfC2WEgzts\">Click here to watch Gounder on <em>The Daily Report<\/em>.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed how an issue with Deloitte-run information technology systems denied Medicaid coverage to disabled Michiganders on NPR\u2019s <em>Stateside<\/em> on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganpublic.org\/stateside\/2026-08-18\/stateside-tuesday-aug-18-2026\">Click here to hear Pradhan on <em>Stateside<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Read Pradhan\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/health-industry\/deloitte-medicaid-eligibility-system-denials-michigan-trump-policy-piles-on\/\">A Deloitte-Run System Denied Medicaid Benefits for Michigan\u2019s Disabled. Now Trump\u2019s Law Piles On<\/a>,\u201d with reporting from Samantha Liss and Kate Wells.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed how hospitals are using wristbands to help reduce maternal deaths on WUGA\u2019s <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on Aug. 14.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2026-08-14\/georgia-health-report-silicone-wristbands-could-be-an-asset-in-the-fight-against-rising-maternal-mortality\">Click here to hear Rayasam on <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read Andrew Jones\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/health-industry\/gave-birth-wristbands-bracelets-postpartum-pregnancy-maternal-mortality-north-carolina\/\">Hospitals Say They Found a Tool To Help Reduce Childbirth Risks: Wristbands<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order on childhood vaccines on Slate\u2019s <em>What Next<\/em> podcast on Aug. 13. Rovner also discussed Medicare on <em>Attitude With Arnie Arnesen<\/em> on Aug. 11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/podcasts\/what-next\/2026\/08\/why-trumps-vaccine-executive-order-is-bad-for-everyone\">Click here to hear Rovner on <em>What Next<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen\/id1634055179\">Click here to hear Rovner on <em>Attitude With Arnie Arnesen<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News ethnic media editor Paula Andalo discussed how an uninsured patient saved thousands by shopping around for the best surgery price on Radio Biling\u00fce\u2019s <em>L\u00ednea Abierta<\/em> on Aug. 12.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radiobilingue.org\/en\/news\/unequal-growth-in-wealth\">Click here to hear Andalo on <em>L\u00ednea Abierta<\/em><\/a>, starting at the 31:21 mark.<\/p>\n<p>Read Andalo\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/health-care-costs\/hernia-surgery-search-globe-for-deal-bill-of-the-month-july-2026\/\">Uninsured but Undaunted, a Surgical Patient Searched the Globe for a Deal<\/a>.\u201d<\/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. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\">KFF<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/on-air\/on-air-august-22-2026-melanoma-mrna-vaccine-deloitte-maternal-wristbands-shop-around-for-surgery\/\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> first appeared on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">KFF Health News<\/a> and is republished here under a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed the potential of Moderna\u2019s melanoma vaccine breakthrough on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s The Daily Report on Aug. 19, drawing on her experience as a former melanoma patient. Click here to watch Gounder on The Daily Report. 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