Carter Barrett
Reporter, Side Effects and WFYICarter is a reporter based at WFYI in Indianapolis. A long-time Hoosier, she is thrilled to stay in her hometown to cover public health. Previously, she covered education for WFYI News with a focus on school safety. Carter graduated with a journalism degree from Indiana University and previously interned with stations in Bloomington, Indiana and Juneau, Alaska. She can be reached at cbarrett@wfyi.org.
-
With COVID-19 cases soaring lots of people are conflicted about Thanksgiving plans. Experts are recommending we spend the holiday with just the people who live in our homes this year.
-
Pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to develop an effective COVID-19 vaccine and receive FDA approval. In the meantime, states are finalizing plans to…
-
State health leaders are beginning to release their plans for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine — whenever one becomes available. All states were required…
-
Now that summer is over and temperatures are dipping across the Midwest, people are headed indoors, some experts fear the already striking rise in cases…
-
There is just one hospital in western Indiana’s Vermillion County. The slender, 37-mile long county is dotted with corn and soybean fields, and driving…
-
Update, Sept. 9, 2020: AstraZeneca announced that its COVID-19 vaccine trial is on hold. Read more.The Indiana University School of Medicine announced it…
-
Floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters can devastate a town in just a few hours. But the impact on residents can linger for years in the form of…
-
As colleges across the country welcome students back to campus, incoming freshmen are starting college in the middle of a pandemic. And, many are…
-
As national and state leaders struggle to get COVID-19 under control, minority groups are at a higher risk for the virus. And that includes Indianapolis’…
-
Indianapolis Public Schools leaders hosted a virtual discussion Friday on how to talk to children about race. This was the district’s third and final…