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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Proposed cuts to Medicaid could lead to thousands of Northeast Ohioans losing access to health services, local experts say. -
Insight Health System has stopped taking non-emergency patients amid a sale of operating assets that leaders said has increased costs to a point that is "untenable." -
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health reported March 5 that the number of flu-related deaths in the county has exceeded those of the 2023-24 flu season. -
Infectious disease doctors say getting the flu shot, even now, can prevent illness and hospitalization for people with underlying health issues. -
Cleveland Clinic is expanding use of a tool that uses AI to take notes that are entered into patients' medical records. -
The partnership includes Ohio’s first specialized degree programs and research experience in quantum computing. -
A lawyer with Legal Aid is holding trainings with law enforcement to teach police officers about a form that can be used in the Ohio court system to track firearms in domestic violence cases. -
Cleveland Clinic will take over Steward Health Care-owned primary care offices in the Warren and Youngstown communities. -
A crisis center is opening in a Cleveland medical office building previously owned by St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. -
Former MetroHealth CEO Airica Steed filed a lawsuit Feb. 3, 2025, in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas alleging discrimination and unlawful termination by the hospital's board of trustees.
