{"id":2223,"date":"2024-01-06T10:02:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T10:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2024-01-06T10:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T10:02:53","slug":"journalists-track-medical-device-malfunctions-opioid-settlement-payments-and-abortion-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2223","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Track Medical Device Malfunctions, Opioid Settlement Payments, and Abortion Bans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p \/>\n<p>KFF Health News correspondent Daniel Chang discussed malfunctions of the LVAD Heart Mate 3, an FDA-approved mechanical heart pump, on Wisconsin Public Radio&#8217;s Ideas Network on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/listen\/2128928\">Click here to hear Chang on the Ideas Network&#8217;s &#8220;The Morning Show.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/medical-device-heart-lvad-fda-database-abbott-thoratec\/\">Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device \u2014 But at What Risk?<\/a>&#8221; by Chang and Holly K. Hacker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani joined a roundtable panel to discuss the drug crisis and opioid settlement funds on NPR on Dec. 28. Pattani also discussed opioid settlement funds on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Eye on Health&#8221; on Dec. 15.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/12\/28\/1220881380\/overdose-fentanyl-drugs-addiction\">Click here to hear Pattani on NPR<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FLQI60rTN-g&amp;list=PLeAhy4TE2-hUWjwPHO3mHDAUNmx6zfnaY&amp;index=5\">Click here to watch Pattani on &#8220;Eye on Health.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read Pattani&#8217;s series, <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/opioid-settlements\/\">&#8220;Payback: Tracking the Opioid Cash Settlement.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed how abortion bans fared in courts in Texas and New Orleans on NPR&#8217;s &#8220;All Things Considered&#8221; on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/01\/03\/1222755602\/texas-abortion-bans-upheld-in-federal-court\">Click here to hear Rovner on NPR<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\/\">KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>USE OUR CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This story can be republished for free (<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/journalists-medical-device-malfunctions-opioid-settlement-payments-abortion-bans\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News correspondent Daniel Chang discussed malfunctions of the LVAD Heart Mate 3, an FDA-approved mechanical heart pump, on Wisconsin Public Radio&#8217;s Ideas Network on Jan. 3. 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