Kate Wells
Kate Wells is a Peabody Award-winning journalist and co-host of the Michigan Public and NPR podcast Believed.
The series was widely ranked among the best of the year, drawing millions of downloads and numerous awards. She and co-host Lindsey Smith received the prestigious Livingston Award for Young Journalists. Judges described their work as "a haunting and multifaceted account of U.S.A. Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s belated arrest and an intimate look at how an army of women – a detective, a prosecutor and survivors – brought down the serial sex offender."
Wells and her family live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Every pregnant resident can receive $1500 mid-pregnancy as a “cash prescription,” plus another $500 a month for the first year of the baby’s life. Other cities, like Kalamazoo, are now trying to expand the program. -
If Democrats are counting on Michigan women to turn out to vote like they did in 2022, when abortion was on the ballot, they could be disappointed. -
By banning Medicaid coverage for abortions, the state is essentially creating two tiers of abortion access, the complaint argues: one for those who can afford private health insurance (which can cover abortion) and another for those who can’t. -
The procedure was pioneered about a year ago, and could help widen the pool of eligible heart donors for thousands of patients on the waiting list. -
Problems caused by the attack included delayed or lost lab results, medication errors, and an absence of routine safety checks to prevent potentially fatal mistakes, doctors and nurses told reporters. -
At least one emergency room has transferred a major heart attack patient to another health system, while others have canceled elective surgeries, according to staff. -
The Justice Department has settled 139 claims related to charges that the FBI failed to conduct an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics Team doctor Larry Nassar.
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The U.S. Justice Department reaches a settlement with hundreds of victims abused by former Team USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
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Michigan was the last state to criminally ban using a paid surrogate to have a child. Now that will change under a law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday. -
Nurses have been telling lawmakers that hospital understaffing is putting patient lives at risk. They want Michigan to follow California and Oregon and institute mandatory staffing ratios.
