Sarah Fentem
Producer Sarah Fentem comes to Side Effects after covering health policy for the Indiana Public Broadcasting regional news collaborative.
Sarah is in charge of Side Effects' digital and social media presence. She also edits for web and contributes story ideas and radio reporting. Her favorite topics include health insurance availability, big pharma and the death industry.
As a native midwesterner, Sarah believes local audiences deserve high-quality comprehensive, in-depth news coverage and is proud to cover health care issues for a heartland audience.
In her free time, Sarah likes to run, organize her home while watching the Golden Girls and explore nature. She lives in south Indianapolis with her fiance, Elliot.
Favorite podcasts: What the Health? from Kaiser Health News, Planet Money and vintage Radiolab.
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The state has named an Indianapolis-based OB-GYN as Indiana’s next health commissioner. Dr. Kristina Box will fill the position left vacant earlier this... -
The costs of health care in the United States continue to rise. Sometimes the solutions to these costs are simple. For example, a 3-D printed hand can... -
More than half a million Hoosiers have been diagnosed with diabetes, and many of them rely on insulin to live healthy lives. But patients say the... -
People's views on public health change with time (just a few decades ago people still thought wet hair was the cause for a viral flu!) And in just a few... -
The federal government has awarded the state a record-breaking $26 million to help treat patients with HIV. The Indiana State Department of Health says... -
One of the first Indiana counties to implement a syringe exchange is now the first in the state to effectively shut its program down. -
Surgeon General Nominee Jerome Adams’ confirmation hearing before a Senate panel Tuesday was a mostly collegial meeting, with the Indiana State Health... -
Good health care can be hard to find even for the privileged. But for people who face additional hurdles—a pregnant mom with addiction, an undocumented... -
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, has announced it won’t be renewing contracts with companies providing enrollment assistance for... -
Back in May after it made an unexpected comeback, some started calling the GOP's Obamacare replacement plan "Zombie Trumpcare". This week, another...
