{"id":2230896,"date":"2026-04-25T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?p=2230896&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=2230896"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:23:04","slug":"kff-health-news-tick-bites-ai-podcasts-cdc-erica-schwartz04-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/on-air\/kff-health-news-tick-bites-ai-podcasts-cdc-erica-schwartz04-25-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Gounder Culls the News, From Ticks and AI to Who Might Lead CDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero--header-first wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero--background-white\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__kicker wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__kicker--blue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/topics\/on-air\/\" class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__kicker-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__kicker-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tKFF Health News On Air\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__title\">Gounder Culls the News, From Ticks and AI to Who Might Lead CDC<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__byline-and-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__byline-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__date-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__date\">\n\t\tApril 25, 2026\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__spanish-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/es\/spanish-homepage\/\" class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__spanish-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__spanish-btn-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDisponible en Espa\u00f1ol\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/chinese\/\" class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__spanish-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__spanish-btn-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAvailable in Chinese\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/korean\/\" class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__spanish-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-article-hero__spanish-btn-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAvailable in Korean\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kff-news-modern-news-content-container\">\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1658786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=500,333 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=1270,847 1270w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=120,80 120w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=834,556 834w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg?resize=1668,1112 1668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed the increase in hospital visits during tick season on CBS&#8217; <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> on April 20. 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