Rae Ellen Bichell

1 week ago | michiganadvance.com | Rae Ellen Bichell |Rachana Pradhan

The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including in most states that backed President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. A KFF Health News analysis underscores that the terminations are sparing no part of the country, politically or geographically. About 40% of organizations whose grants the NIH cut in its first month of slashing, which started Feb. 28, are in states Trump won in November.

1 week ago | michiganadvance.com | Rae Ellen Bichell

Rae Ellen Bichell, Colorado correspondent for KFF Health News, is based in Longmont. Previously, she was a radio reporter covering the region for the Mountain West News Bureau and KUNC. Before moving to Colorado, Rae worked for NPR. She gained experience in the newsrooms of Nashville Public Radio and KNKX in Seattle and has filed stories from Australia, Finland, and Lithuania. She is a graduate of Yale University.

1 week ago | kffhealthnews.org | Rae Ellen Bichell

In recent years, states across the Mountain West have passed laws that limit doctors from providing transgender children with certain kinds of gender-affirming care, from prohibitions on surgery to bans on puberty blockers and hormones. Colorado families say their state was a haven for those health services for a long time, but following executive orders from the Trump administration, even hospitals in Colorado limited the care they offer for trans patients under age 19.

1 week ago | coloradonewsline.com | Rae Ellen Bichell

4:00 News Story Health Under the Trump administration, hospitals in the state have limited the treatments available for people under 19. Some services have been restored, but trans youth and their families say the state isn’t the rock they thought it was. This story comes to Colorado Newsline from KFF Health News. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

1 week ago | californiahealthline.org | Rae Ellen Bichell |Oona Zenda

In recent years, states across the Mountain West have passed laws that limit doctors from providing transgender children with certain kinds of gender-affirming care, from prohibitions on surgery to bans on puberty blockers and hormones. Colorado families say their state was a haven for those health services for a long time, but following executive orders from the Trump administration, even hospitals in Colorado limited the care they offer for trans patients under age 19.