Taylor Wizner
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Health care policy, medicine, public health, health equity, podcast production
Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Bachelor of Arts, English literature
Columbia University - Master of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Edgewater Beach
Experience:
Taylor Wizner covers health in Northeast Ohio with a focus on health care policy, health equity and engagement journalism. She has previously reported for Interlochen Public Radio and WDET.
Highlights:
- 2023 Regional Murrow Award, Hard News - “Petoskey High School students say searches for vapes went too far”
- Helped launch a podcast focused on environmental issues in the Upper Great Lakes region
- Work has appeared on NPR
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Dr. Brian Harte will lead Cleveland Clinic's East market, overseeing Hillcrest and Mentor hospitals. -
Bacterial vaginosis, which causes a fishy odor, irritation and discharge, is common among women. Researchers want to understand why the condition doesn't go away for some. -
Northeast Ohio doctors are reporting an increase in the number of cases of a rare syndrome linked to heavy cannabis use. -
Doctors are concerned spread of whooping cough will lead to severe disease and even death for unvaccinated infants and elderly people, who are most at risk. -
A CDC report shows people nationwide are delaying their RSV, COVID-19 and flu vaccines. Northeast Ohio is following similar patterns, doctors said. -
Dr. Akram Boutros, who was fired by The MetroHealth System in 2022, has refiled a damages case against the hospital. -
Reports of domestic abuse are rising in Ohio. In this Sound of Us story, a Wayne County woman comes to terms with her past to help others and raise awareness about the complex dynamics of abuse. -
Residents who live near the former St. Vincent Charity Medical Center said the news of the building's planned demolition made them doubt other health care services will return to the neighborhood. -
A report did not determine whether the former CEO was right to take the bonuses in the way he did, only that there was not enough evidence to prove he knowingly deceived the board of trustees in taking the payments. -
University Hospitals asked staff for ideas to conserve IV fluids, following a reduction of 60% from their supplier, whose factory was impacted by Hurricane Helene. Officials found the new ideas prevented waste and patients preferred them.
