Nada Hassanein

Nada Hassanein is a health care reporter for Stateline with a focus on inequities. Stateline is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

States hope to use rural health money to keep doctors, combat chronic disease

November 11, 2025

Nada Hassanein

In their competition for rural health care dollars from a new federal fund, states are seeking money to bolster emergency services, address chronic diseases, and recruit and train more doctors and nurses.

As bird flu spreads, feds might undercut states by firing scientists, removing data

February 28, 2025

Nada Hassanein

Nationwide, there have been 70 confirmed human cases since 2024, according to the CDC. Most of these cases have been among farmworkers, who are in daily close contact with poultry and cattle. California has recorded the most cases, with 38 patients, nearly all exposed to the virus from dairy herds, followed by Washington state with 11 cases.