Natalie Hayden
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Lights, Camera, Crohn’s
After 20 years and $200 billion in revenue, Humira — an injectable treatment for autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis — is losing its monopoly.
Darian Benson
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Side Effects Public Media
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In many rural towns, local hospitals are community fixtures. When they close, the entire community feels the ripple effects. -
Children with sickle cell disease rely on daily doses of penicillin to prevent life-threatening infections. But lately, some are finding it hard to fill their prescriptions.
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In 2022, Side Effects Public Media’s reporters and collaborators exposed health inequities and followed the top health stories of the year.
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A new federal designation would allow struggling hospitals to end inpatient services, but some have concerns about how that could affect rural health care.
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The nursing shortage has led to a greater reliance on travel nurses that come with big price tags. That’s causing some hospitals to rethink their nursing staff retention efforts.
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Side Effects Public Media will be hosting virtual listening sessions on substance use, addiction and recovery.
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More than $50 billion in opioid settlement dollars from drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies is starting to flow to state and local governments, and they need to figure out how to spend it.
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Professor Karen Bullock has spent the last two decades studying what stops seriously ill Black patients and their families from getting the care they want in life and in death.
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As states take steps to tighten abortion laws, conversations have been reignited about how to best support families and babies. Many policy experts point to a permanent Child Tax Credit, made available to low- and no-income families, as one way to do that.
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Around 100 million people in the U.S. have health care debt totalling at least $140 billion.
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A man’s family sued a state-owned nursing home in Indiana for alleged mistreatment. The case will soon be heard by the nation’s highest court, and the outcome could strip millions of vulnerable Americans of the right to sue government agencies when their rights are violated.
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An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.
Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.
The COVID pandemic has exposed deep flaws in the way America handles children’s mental health. More and more children are facing anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. But there’s a shortage of providers and services — and no quick way to increase them. As a result, many children and families are scrambling for help.
The new coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, have changed our lives in countless ways. Side Effects will explain the important medical issues, as well as their impact on the Midwest.
Side Effects examines the health care challenges that refugees and immigrants face in the U.S.
Front-line workers on the COVID-19 crisis
Stories examining the effect of COVID-19 on rural health care.
Stories highlighting what climate change means for Great Lakes cities.