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Shalina Chatlani

Shalina is the national health care reporter for the States Newsroom. She is focused on in-depth accountability journalism that looks at the changing landscape of health care infrastructure in the nation, and whether local legislatures are prioritizing underserved communities.

Surgeon with his team in the operating room.

As COVID protections end, patients classified as ‘medically needy’ fear new barriers to care

By: Shalina Chatlani - March 8, 2023

Millions are worried that at the end of the COVID health emergency they might not be able to access the medical services they desperately need.

Lila Bonow, Alana Edmondson and Aiyana Knauer prepare to take abortion pill while demonstrating in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as

Remaining abortion clinics face more challenges if abortion pill limited by Texas judge

By: Shalina Chatlani - March 2, 2023

JACKSON, Mississippi – The Pink House, otherwise known as Jackson Women’s Health Organization, was the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned the federal right to abortion in June. Today, the clinic, the only abortion clinic to serve Mississippi and the greater area for years, is shuttered. On a hot day in February, […]

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