Catherine Sweeney
Health ReporterCatherine Sweeney joined StateImpact Oklahoma in July 2020, focusing on health reporting.
She grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University. Catherine has covered local, state and federal government for outlets in Oklahoma, Colorado and Washington, D.C.
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Oklahoma’s Medicaid program, SoonerCare, is on its way to profound change. StateImpact’s Catherine Sweeney talked with its director, Secretary of Health Kevin Corbett, this week about the transition to managed care. -
Food costs are going to get even harder to deal with for hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans as another pandemic-related break for low-income earners and families comes to an end.
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Oklahoma lawmakers will consider thousands of bills over the coming months.
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Methamphetamine is killing more Oklahomans than any illicit drug. Nonprofits, treatment centers, policy analysts and law enforcement in Tulsa created a program to broaden access to recovery from it.
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StateImpact reporters recap their 2022 coverage, and look at what's to come in 2023.
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Rates of depression and suicidality have always been higher than researchers expected. But they were even higher in the early years of the pandemic.
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As extremely cold weather moves into the state this week, many Oklahomans are looking for ways to keep themselves, their pets, their homes and their vehicles safe and warm.
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Billion-dollar lawsuits and prestige television shows have made the opioid epidemic impossible to overlook. But it is far from the only drug epidemic the country — and Oklahoma — are facing.
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A study into health coverage rates for kids ranked Oklahoma first in the nation for its gains over the past few years. But much of those gains will likely be lost when the federal government stops its COVID health emergency policies.
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Oklahomans could get the opportunity to vote for abortion access in the state. A ballot initiative is in the works, and it crossed an important threshold this week.
