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Jake Harper was an investigative reporter for Side Effects Public Media, a Midwest health reporting collaboration based at WFYI. With Lauren Bavis, he co-hosts Sick, a podcast about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy.
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Health / May 6, 2025
Expert: Cuts to 'historic' investment may thwart efforts to tackle Indiana's public health issues
Indiana's "historic" public health funding was scaled back in the final version of the state budget — going from $100 million to just $40 million appropriated for the Health First Indiana initiative. One expert said public health programs take years to build and this decrease could stall important progress.
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