{"id":2254,"date":"2024-11-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2024-11-30T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T10:00:00","slug":"journalists-dish-on-new-weight-loss-drugs-rfk-jr-s-fluoride-claims-and-reproductive-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=2254","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Dish on New Weight Loss Drugs, RFK Jr.\u2019s Fluoride Claims, and Reproductive Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed a proposed weight loss drug rule by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS News 24\/7\u201d on Nov. 26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/biden-proposes-weight-loss-drug-coverage-by-medicare-medicaid\/\">Click here to watch Rovner on \u201cCBS News 24\/7\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News South Carolina correspondent Lauren Sausser discussed racial disparities in maternal health on WFAE\u2019s \u201cCharlotte Talks\u201d on Nov. 26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/show\/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins\/2024-11-25\/examining-racial-maternal-health-disparities-in-the-americian-south\">Click here to hear Sausser on \u201cCharlotte Talks\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the KFF Health News series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/systemic-sickness\/\">Systemic Sickness<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s fluoride claims on WUGA\u2019s \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d on Nov. 22.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2024-11-22\/georgia-health-report-fact-checking-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-fluoride-claims\">Click here to hear Miller on \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read PolitiFact\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/fluoride-drinking-water-rfk-jr-fact-check-cancer-iq\/\">Does Fluoride Cause Cancer, IQ Loss, and More? Fact-Checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s Claims<\/a>\u201d by Samantha Putterman<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News contributor Sarah Varney discussed the second week of a trial in Idaho in which four women are challenging the state\u2019s abortion laws on BSPR\u2019s \u201cIdaho Matters\u201d on Nov. 20.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestatepublicradio.org\/show\/idaho-matters\/2024-11-20\/idahos-abortion-trial-second-week\">Click here to hear Varney on \u201cIdaho Matters\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Varney\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/idaho-abortion-ban-trial-adkins-v-state-of-idaho-court-resumes\/\">Idaho Calls Abortion \u2018Barbaric and Gruesome\u2019 in Trial Challenging Strict Ban<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><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>.<\/p>\n<h3>USE OUR CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This story can be republished for free (<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/weight-loss-drug-rule-rfk-jr-fluoride-reproductive-health-media-appearances\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed a proposed weight loss drug rule by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS News 24\/7\u201d on Nov. 26. Click here to watch Rovner on \u201cCBS News 24\/7\u201d KFF Health News South Carolina correspondent Lauren Sausser discussed racial disparities in maternal health&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}