Benjamin Thorp
Enterprise Health ReporterBenjamin Thorp is an enterprise health reporter at WFYI and Side Effects Public Media. Before coming to Indiana, Ben was previously a reporter for WCMU public radio in Michigan. His work has been heard on multiple national broadcasts, including All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
Ben is the recipient of numerous journalism awards for breaking news coverage, feature writing, and photography - including a regional Edward R. Murrow in 2021.
Outside of radio, Ben is a frequent podcaster and occasional essayist. You can find him writing about rabies, growing up, and weird video games in such publications as Unwinnable, The New Southern Fugitives, Entropy Magazine, and The Rumpus.
Contact Ben at bthorp@wfyi.org and follow him on Twitter @sad_radio_lad.
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The CDC has released a tool to help people assess personal risk during heat waves in preparation for another hot summer.
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The H5N1 bird flu has been common across wild bird populations for the last few years leading to the culling of millions of chickens in the United States. Now that it's showing up in dairy cows and milk samples, what does this mean for our food and transmission to humans? Experts say, your milk is safe, and as of now, the risk to human health is low.