{"id":3463,"date":"2025-02-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2025-02-01T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T10:00:00","slug":"journalists-analyze-issues-of-the-day-rfk-jr-bird-flu-l-a-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=3463","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Analyze Issues of the Day: RFK Jr., Bird Flu, L.A. Fires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Arthur Allen discussed what to watch for in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Human Services on CBS News Chicago on Jan. 29.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/video\/rfk-jr-senate-confirmation-hearings\/\">Click here to watch Allen on CBS News Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Allen\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/rfk-kennedy-hhs-nomination-hearings-senate-finance-help\/\">What RFK Jr. Might Face in His Nomination Hearings This Week<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health C\u00e9line Gounder discussed why the CIA has \u201clow confidence\u201d in its assessment of the origins of the covid-19 virus on CBS News 24\/7 on Jan. 27.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/why-the-cia-has-low-confidence-in-covid-origin-assessment\/\">Click here to watch Gounder on CBS News 24\/7 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau\u2019s final rule to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports on PBS\u2019 \u201cPBS News Weekend\u201d on Jan. 25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/the-effect-of-removing-medical-debt-from-millions-of-americans-credit-scores\">Click here to watch Levey on \u201cPBS News Weekend\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the KFF Health News series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/diagnosis-debt\/\">Diagnosis: Debt<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News contributor Sue O\u2019Connell discussed Montana\u2019s mental health facilities on Billings\u2019 KTVQ on Jan. 24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvq.com\/news\/local-news\/montana-eyes-30m-revamp-of-mental-health-developmental-disability-facilities\">Click here to watch O\u2019Connell on KTVQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read O\u2019Connell\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/montana-behavioral-health-developmental-disability-capital-project-spending\/\">Montana Eyes $30M Revamp of Mental Health, Developmental Disability Facilities,<\/a>\u201d co-reported with Mike Dennison<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed bird flu in Georgia on WUGA\u2019s \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d on Jan. 24. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2025-01-24\/georgia-health-report-second-detection-of-bird-flu-in-georgia-flocks\">Click here to hear Rayasam on \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Amy Maxmen\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/bird-flu-spread-cattle-poultry-pandemic-cdc\/\">How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services on CBS News on Jan. 22.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/where-does-rfk-jr-health-secretary-nomination-stand\/\">Click here to watch Rovner on CBS News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News correspondent Molly Castle Work discussed mental health specialists\u2019 role in the Los Angeles wildfire response on America\u2019s Heroes Group on Jan. 22.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-americas-heroes-group-73778173\/episode\/ep-764-amid-wildfire-trauma-261653968\/?cmp=android_share&amp;sc=android_social_share&amp;pr=false\">Click here to hear Work on America\u2019s Heroes Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Work\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/californiahealthline.org\/news\/article\/california-los-angeles-wildfire-mental-health-response-trauma\/\">Amid Wildfire Trauma, L.A. 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