• The shifting battle over abortion rights 50 years after Roe

    The shifting battle over abortion rights 50 years after Roe

    Jan 22, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... ballot, even in a state like Kansas and Michigan. So, there's now a lot of discussion around trying to mount these ballot initiatives in other states that allow them. John Yang: Sarah Varney of Kaiser Health News. Thank you very much. Sarah Varney: Oh, it's my pleasure, John.

  • March for Life activists set sights on further restrictions after Roe v. Wade overturn

    March for Life activists set sights on further restrictions after Roe v. Wade overturn

    Jan 20, 2023 11:45 PM EDT

    ... states.Sarah Varney: Today marks a turning point for a movement that has had a singular focus for decades. But that focus is fracturing into competing priorities, as the practical implications of criminalizing abortion take hold. For the "PBS NewsHour" and Kaiser Health News, I'm Sarah Varney in Washington.

  • Illinois clinics ramp up aid for women seeking abortions across state lines

    Illinois clinics ramp up aid for women seeking abortions across state lines

    Jun 28, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    Qudsiyyah Shariyf: OK, and do you have health insurance right now? Sarah Varney: The phone calls to the Chicago Abortion Fund are constant. Many of those women end up in Chicago at clinics like Family Planning Associates. Dr. Allison Cowett, Family Planning Associates: It's difficult to imagine how this ...

  • What Hartford has learned in its fight to raise Black vaccination rates

    What Hartford has learned in its fight to raise Black vaccination rates

    Dec 22, 2021 11:35 PM EDT

    ... m a sellout. This is crazy. Man: You are a sellout. Anthony Williams: I am not a sellout, bro. I had an... Man: What happened? Sarah Varney: This man, Taj Gibson, says there's nothing Williams can say or do to convince him until the vaccine has been out longer ...

  • How unresolved grief could haunt children who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID

    How unresolved grief could haunt children who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID

    Nov 29, 2021 11:40 PM EDT

    ... going to go right. It feels there's a big cloud over my head and it's raining, and it's not going to work. Sarah Varney: So, this is where -- this is where they would bring in the big trucks? Julie Wallace: Mm-hmm. Yes. Sarah Varney: With the ...

  • Rising number of children struggle with COVID’s effects, especially in Black and Latino communities

    Rising number of children struggle with COVID’s effects, especially in Black and Latino communities

    Jul 23, 2021 10:40 PM EDT

    Sarah Varney: What? About two out of three kids with multisystem inflammatory syndrome are Black or Hispanic. To understand why, a massive National Institutes of Health research effort is probing everything from genetic factors to repetitive exposure from parents considered essential workers. Angela Bass says doctors also need to be ...

  • Behind the troubling rise of uninsured American kids

    Behind the troubling rise of uninsured American kids

    Dec 23, 2019 11:40 PM EDT

    ... she will keep a watchful eye on the state and on her son's future. For the "PBS NewsHour" and Kaiser Health News, I'm Sarah Varney in Cleveland, Tennessee. Judy Woodruff: We have Sarah's full interview with Medicaid Chief Seema Verma online, where the two discussed health coverage ...

  • WATCH: One-on-one with Trump’s Medicare and Medicaid chief Seema Verma

    WATCH: One-on-one with Trump’s Medicare and Medicaid chief Seema Verma

    Dec 23, 2019 11:07 PM EDT

    ... putting more people on a government program is actually going to threaten the sustainability of the programs that we... that we have in place today. Sarah Varney: And do you think, through the measures that you're talking about, that you could reduce costs, 15, 20 percent in the health ...

  • Judges weigh Trump's family planning funding rule

    Judges weigh Trump's family planning funding rule

    Sep 23, 2019 10:40 PM EDT

    ... these clinics are going to withdraw from the program, and we will have to see whether or not the government can find other clinics willing to step in to fill the gap.John Yang: Special correspondent Sarah Varney of Kaiser Health News, thank you very much. Sarah Varney: Thank you.

  • Why Trump's change to Title X funding means fewer health choices for women

    Why Trump's change to Title X funding means fewer health choices for women

    Aug 19, 2019 10:45 PM EDT

    ... Obama era rule that required that employers offer birth control to their employers. So this is really part of a much broader agenda that this administration has been implementing ever since it took office. Yamiche Alcindor: Thank you so much, Sarah Varney of Kaiser Health News. Sarah Varney: Thank you.