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INCLUSION & REPRESENTATION IN FEATURES, DIV 3 Storytelling that centers historically under-covered communities. 🥇 1st Place: Elly Fishman 🥈 2nd Place: Staff, KFF Health News 🥉 3rd Place: Reia Li 🏅 Honorable Mention: Celeste Hamilton Dennis & Florence Middleton, KQED

FEATURES SERIES OR PROJECT, DIV 3 Feature treatment of any lifestyle, A&E or news topic that has multiple parts. 🥇 1st Place: Bram Sable-Smith PeggyLowe 🥈 2nd Place: Staff, Businessweek 🥉 3rd Place: John Williams, Nora Krug & Sophia Nguyen, The Washington Post

COMBINED DIVISIONS: PODCAST – NARRATIVE 🎙️🎧 🥇 1st Place: The Boston Globe 🥈 2nd Place: Silvia Foster-Frau Emma Talkoff Monica Campbell 🥉 3rd Place: Maren Padmini Parthasarathy & Nick Schwellenbach 🏅 Honorable Mention: Cara Anthony Zach Dyer Taylor Cook

The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill.” Now, lots of low-income and disabled people could lose their Medicaid coverage. And if you’re under 65, it may now be harder to get a covid booster. We broke down what’s happening. ⤵️

What does Trump’s “skinny budget” proposal say about the 988 crisis hotline, suicide prevention, and programs to address addiction? Aneri Pattani delivers three things to watch on mental health in Trump's budget proposals. Read the full story: bit.ly/4jlUyDp

NEW: The FDA commissioner wants more “good data” on covid vaccines. Meanwhile, work has stopped on a massive Global Vaccine Data Network study of covid vaccine safety after the Trump administration terminated its funding. Stephanie Armour reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…

NEW: The newly passed House bill would reduce federal Medicaid payments to states that insure immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization. Phil Galewitz + Christine Mai-Duc report. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

1/ HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has expressed deep concern over the health of American children, describing them as the "sickest generation" in US history. 100 years ago, 1 in 3 kids died before reaching the age of 5.

1/ What’s fueling the surge in childhood chronic illness in the US? The MAHA Commission blames ultra-processed foods (UPFs)—& their assessment offers a sweeping critique of America’s food system.

⚡ KFF’s Laurie Sobel writes about how a provision in the House-passed reconciliation bill creates a clash between the federal and state laws in the 12 states that require abortion coverage. #QuickTake on.kff.org/4dyihPh

One of the key provisions of the House budget bill that passed this week: a stiff financial penalty for California and 14 other states (+DC) that use their own funds to cover healthcare for unauthorized immigrants. My latest w/ Phil Galewitz cbsnews.com/news/republica…

As St. Louis deals with more than $1.6 billion in estimated property damage from the May 16 tornado, locals are pouring in to help the hard-hit area of North St. Louis. Cara Anthony + Bram Sable-Smith report: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/s…

1/ What’s making our kids sick? The MAHA report blames, in part, environmental toxic exposures—from food packaging to playgrounds. Let’s walk through the findings—and what Congress is doing about them. cbsnews.com/video/breaking…

As St. Louis deals with more than $1.6 billion in estimated property damage from the May 16 tornado, locals are pouring in to help the hard-hit area of North St. Louis. Read the full story, reported by Cara Anthony + Bram Sable-Smith: bit.ly/4k8JbzX

This week's #WTHealth podcast now up! Deets on what's in the "big beautiful bill" on health, plus the latest on the MAHA report and vaccine changes. Plus Mary Ziegler on her new personhood book. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…

The House narrowly passed a budget reconciliation bill, including billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy, and billions of dollars in cuts to health program spending. Anna Edney, Sarah Karlin-Smith, and Alice Miranda Ollstein join host julie rovner on #WTHealth. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…

New FDA requirements for covid vaccines could force drugmakers to spend tens of millions of dollars on new trials and are likely to leave boosters largely out of reach for hundreds of millions of Americans. Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News + Scientific American. ⤵️ scientificamerican.com/article/covid-…

President Donald Trump said that under his new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.” KFF Health News and PolitiFact rate this claim as Mostly False. Louis Jacobson explains why. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/d…

Rural physician Anora Henderson remembers her mother driving 100 miles to deliver her sister after their local hospital closed in the 1970s. Now, the hospital where she worked has stopped handling deliveries. Arielle Zionts reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/r…

Fresh studies expose a gap in the FDA’s assessments of foods: Widely used additives could damage the mix of bacteria in your gut, causing health problems. David Hilzenrath reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/e…