Farah Yousry
Managing Editor, Side Effects and WFYIFarah Yousry is the managing editor of Side Effects Public Media, based at WFYI. In her prior role as health equity reporter, she focused on health care disparities in minority communities across the Midwest. Before moving to the U.S., she worked as a journalist for local news organizations in Egypt during the Arab Spring and the contentious political period following the Egyptian revolution. She has worked with the BBC World Service for more than five years, producing radio, television and digital features for audiences across Europe and the Middle East. Farah speaks Arabic, English and Mandarin Chinese. She can be reached at fyousry@wfyi.org.
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Beneficiaries of safety net programs like Medicaid will still be able to sue states and state officials if their rights are violated, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 8. The ruling slammed arguments by the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Country trying to roll back this right.
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The uptick in legal abortions in states like Kansas, Illinois and Michigan has not made up for the decrease in states that implemented post-Roe restrictions, according to a new report.
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U.S. hospitals have seen a record number of cyberattacks in recent years. Such attacks can upend hospital operations, costing millions of dollars and putting patients' lives at risk.
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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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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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The patchwork nature of abortion laws across the country has made the procedure harder for pregnant people to get — and for health care providers to give.
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Gun violence incidents, which include non-fatal shootings, have spiked across the country. And the trail of damage these shootings leave extends well beyond those who were struck by bullets.
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A lack of data regarding sickle cell disease in the U.S. stunts efforts to improve outcomes for patients. The federally funded Sickle Cell Data Collection Program aims to chip away at these data gaps.
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Only a handful of monkeypox cases in the U.S. are among children, out of thousands reported so far. Yet infectious disease experts are keeping a close eye on pediatric cases.
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When an Indiana abortion provider was attacked by pundits and political leaders, the vitriol hit home for medical residents at Indiana’s largest teaching hospital. Many of these young doctors were certain they wanted to practice in Indiana after training. Lately, some have felt more ambivalent.