Journalists Distill News on Ebola, Licensing Midwives, and California’s Budget

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the diversion of a Detroit-bound plane to Canada over Ebola concerns on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on May 21. Gounder also discussed how the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has been declared a global health emergency on Fox’s LiveNOW on May 18.

• Click here to watch Gounder on CBS Mornings.
• Click here to watch Gounder on LiveNOW.

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed Georgia’s debate over licensing midwives on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on May 15.

• Click here to hear Rayasam on The Georgia Health Report.
• Read reporter Lisa Rab’s “License To Deliver: Some Midwives Break the Law To Assist With Home Births.”

KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart discussed California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget rollbacks on KQED’s Political Breakdown on May 14.

• Click here to hear Hart on Political Breakdown.

KFF Health News California correspondent Christine Mai-Duc discussed Medicaid funding in California on LAist’s AirTalk on May 14.

• Click here to hear Mai-Duc on AirTalk.