Jillian Taylor
Health ReporterJillian Taylor has been StateImpact Oklahoma's health reporter since August 2023.
Previously, Jillian was an intern at The Frontier and Tulsa World. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma with a minor in diversity studies. While at OU, Jillian served as editor-in-chief of the OU Daily.
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Oklahoma seniors are expected to outnumber children in the next ten years. Oklahoma Human Services (OHS) is creating a plan to prepare for this shift, and it’s seeking the perspectives of the state’s seniors in a survey due on Friday.
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Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin criticized an Alabama Supreme Court ruling defining frozen embryos as children.
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A new study found a legislative investment in Oklahoma’s behavioral health workforce could add 272 providers to the state, generate taxpayer benefits and significantly expand access to mental health care.
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Oklahoma’s premature birth rate remains above the national average, and those babies need a little extra help getting nutrients to grow and reduce illness.
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A bill advanced in the Oklahoma Legislature that would require sixth through twelfth grade schools to provide free menstrual products.
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OU Health is teaching a group of Ukrainian surgeons how to perform reconstructive surgery amid the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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A bill advanced Tuesday that would require parents to opt their kids into sex ed and change the type of education parents are opting their kids into.
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A bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense certain types of birth control passed unanimously through the House Health and Human Services Committee Wednesday.
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Abortion restrictions, the ongoing opioid crisis and access to mental health care are in focus this legislative session.
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The Oklahoma State Department of Health and its Office of Primary Care launched a loan repayment program for health professionals working in shortage areas.