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Nutrition Programs Face Their Own Shutdown
Episode 419
Two major nutrition programs — supporting low-income families, as well as young children and pregnant or breastfeeding women — are likely to exhaust …
7 months ago
Nutrition Programs Face Their Own Shutdown
Episode 419
Two major nutrition programs — supporting low-income families, as well as young children and pregnant or breastfeeding women — are likely to exhaust …
7 months ago
Schrödinger’s Government Shutdown
Episode 418
Democrats and Republicans remain stalled over funding the federal government as Republicans launch a new attack on the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile…
7 months, 1 week ago
Schrödinger’s Government Shutdown
Episode 418
Democrats and Republicans remain stalled over funding the federal government as Republicans launch a new attack on the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile…
7 months, 1 week ago
Starting To Feel the Shutdown’s Bite
Episode 417
The government shutdown continues with no obvious end in sight, and while it theoretically should not affect entitlement programs like Medicare and M…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Democrats Make This Shutdown About the ACA
Episode 416
As long predicted, much of the federal government shut down Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass required spending bills, with Democrats demanding Re…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Public Health Further Politicized Under the Threat of More Firings
Episode 415
In a rambling news conference that shocked public health experts, President Donald Trump this week — without scientific evidence — blamed the over-th…
8 months ago
Ousted CDC Officials Clap Back at RFK Jr.
Episode 414
The recently fired head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told senators that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered her to fi…
8 months, 1 week ago
Countdown to Government Shutdown
Episode 413
With less than three weeks to go before the deadline to pass legislation to keep the federal government running, lawmakers are still far apart on a s…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
On Capitol Hill, RFK Defends Firings at CDC
Episode 412
A combative Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the U.S. secretary of health and human services, appeared before a Senate committee Thursday, defending his firing …
8 months, 3 weeks ago