Selena Simmons-Duffin

Surgeon General.

NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports the nominee was questioned about measles and vaccines.

President Trump's pick for Surgeon General is Dr. Nicole Sapphire, a radiologist and former Fox News commentator.

At the very beginning of the hearing, Chair Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana who's a physician, challenged Sapphire on the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles.

A new analysis shows twenty-one million women in the US seeking low-cost birth control live in a county with limited access.

Here's NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin.

The new analysis comes from two reproductive health organizations, the Guttmacher Institute, which specializes in research, and Power to Decide, which does public education and advocacy.

Together, they created interactive maps that show county by county the number of brick-and-mortar clinics that offer no and low-cost birth control and the number of low-income women who self-identify in surveys as needing those services.

These maps are an attempt to visualize and to drive home the point that it is not actually a reality that everyone can just get access to contraception.

She plans to use the maps to advocate for more funding for family planning across the country.

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.

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The Senate Committee on Health meets today to consider three of President Trump's picks for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports that includes the nominee for surgeon general.

President Trump's pick for surgeon general is Dr. Nicole Sapphire, a radiologist and former Fox News commentator.

She is the third person he has nominated for the role.

And the third nominee up for consideration is Dr. Timothy Westlake, a Wisconsin-based emergency medicine physician.

He has been nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use.

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.

The European Union has invited Canada to become the first associate member of that bloc.

A new analysis shows twenty-one million women in the U.S. seeking low-cost birth control live in a county with limited access.

NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin has more.

The new analysis comes from two reproductive health organizations, the Guttmacher Institute, which specializes in research, and Power to Decide, which does public education and advocacy.

Together, they created interactive maps that show county by county the number of brick-and-mortar clinics that offer no- and low-cost birth control and the number of low-income women who self-identify in surveys as needing those services.

These maps are an attempt to visualize and to drive home the point that it is not actually a reality that everyone can just get access to contraception.

She plans to use the maps to advocate for more funding for family planning across the country.

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.

Authorities in Los Angeles say five people are dead after a local TV news helicopter crashed while covering a fatal bus collision.

The Trump administration says it will give certain people enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans five hundred dollar rebates.

NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports he aims to use a pool of money that's usually sent to community groups to help people choose a plan and sign up for coverage.

Republicans in Congress and President Trump let COVID-era subsidies expire in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces at the end of last year.

On average, premium costs doubled.

This five hundred dollars might do something, but it is small in comparison to the amount that they're having to pay for health insurance premiums.

She says it's not clear if the Trump administration has the legal authority to send these payments and points out they won't go to the millions of people who lost coverage as a result of the premium spikes.

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.

The Israeli military says it's completed dismantling Hezbollah's underground tunnel infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

President Trump says he will give certain people enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans five hundred dollar rebates.

As NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports, the administration is aiming to use a pool of money that's usually sent to community groups to help people choose a plan and sign up for coverage.

Republicans in Congress and President Trump let COVID-era subsidies expire in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces at the end of last year.

On average, premium costs doubled.

This five hundred dollars might do something, but it is small in comparison to the amount that they're having to pay for health insurance premiums.

She says it's not clear if the Trump administration has the legal authority to send these payments and points out they won't go to the millions of people who lost coverage as a result of the premium spikes.

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.

An appeals court has upheld a block on President Trump's order to limit mail voting.