Laura Santhanam
Health Reporter and Coordinating Producer for Polling at PBS NewsHour
Health reporter+coordinating producer for polling @NewsHour, mom x 2, Mississippi expat. 2024-2025 Knight-Wallace Fellow
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1 week ago |
pbs.org | Laura Santhanam
One federal grant program changed the trajectory of Joshua Sparks’ life. Now, that program is at risk. As a teen, Sparks knew he wanted to go to college and become a teacher. But growing up in rural Kentucky in a low-income household without role models who had attended college, he didn’t know where to start. He found the help he needed in the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) initiative.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Laura Santhanam
NowA fight between two girls at a Texas high school graduation party left one graduate dead, authorities said. Andrew Farias, 18, was killed during the dispute at a home in the Austin suburb of Uhland, Fox 7 reported. Uhland police officers and Texas Rangers responded to the home May 25 amid reports of …
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2 weeks ago |
pbs.org | Laura Santhanam
The FDA will no longer recommend annual COVID vaccinations for healthy people younger than age 65, officials said this week. Adults over age 65 and anyone over 6 months with one or more chronic or underlying health conditions, such as asthma, cancer, diabetes or pregnancy, are still recommended to get an updated shot.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Laura Santhanam
4 hours agoEngland is set to be the first country in the world to introduce a vaccine against gonorrhea, in a move which has been heralded by sexual health campaigners as a significant step. After chlamydia, gonorrhea is the second most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the UK, and it’s …
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3 weeks ago |
pbs.org | Laura Santhanam
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that he doesn’t “think people should be taking advice — medical advice — from me.”Watch in our video player above. “That’s kind of your jurisdiction,” said Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisc., in response. READ MORE: What to expect when RFK Jr. testifies in Senate hearing on health budgetKennedy’s comments came during a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee on the Trump administration’s budget request for 2026.
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