Jake Harper
Investigative Reporter, WFYIJake Harper started his job at Side Effects shortly before the 2015 announcement of an HIV outbreak in southern Indiana, and since then has focused his reporting on addiction, Medicaid and access to health care. His investigations have covered medical industry influence in state and national government, a clinical trial that skirted federal regulations and various barriers to evidence-based addiction treatment. His stories have been broadcast at stations across the Midwest and nationally on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Latino USA and Here & Now. Harper also co-hosts the podcast, Sick, with Lauren Bavis. Visit sickpodcast.org for more information. He can be reached at jharper@wfyi.org.
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Vice President Pence is now in charge of U.S. coronavirus response, prompting a look back at his health record as Indiana governor facing an HIV outbreak,…
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Years ago, doctors sometimes lied about whose sperm they used for artificial inseminations. Could it happen now? Some argue regulation is weak in the multibillion dollar fertility treatment industry.
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Some addiction treatment clinics offer IV infusions of a mix of supplements — including something known as NAD. The treatment isn't proven to work and is not FDA-approved for addiction.
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Physicians across the country have a message for the National Rifle Association: Gun violence is our concern. It's part of a battle being fought…
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Months in prison didn’t rid Daryl of his addiction to opioids.“Before I left the parking lot of the prison, I was shooting up getting high,” he says.Daryl…
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Boxes are piled high in Anne Hickman’s hallway. Family photos peek out from behind the stacks in her one-bedroom Indianapolis apartment.“I got damn near…
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Alaska plans to use federal grant money to purchase a controversial device used in opioid addiction treatment.Last week, the Alaska Department of Labor…
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To the untrained, the evidence looks promising for a new medical device to ease opioid withdrawal. A small study shows that people feel better when the…
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It was a scheduling mishap that led Kourtnaye Sturgeon to help save someone’s life. About four months ago, Sturgeon drove to downtown Indianapolis for a…
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In a refrigerator in the coroner’s office in Marion County, Indiana, rows of vials await testing. They contain blood, urine and vitreous, the fluid…