Farah Yousry
Farah Yousry covers health equity for Side Effects Public Media, in partnership with the Indianapolis Recorder. She focuses on healthcare disparities in minority communities across the Midwest. Before moving to the U.S., she worked as a journalist for local news organizations in Egypt during the Arab Spring and the contentious political period following the Egyptian revolution. She has worked with the BBC World Service for over five years, producing radio, television and digital features for an audience in the tens of millions across Europe and the Middle East. Farah speaks Arabic, English and Mandarin Chinese.
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The Indiana Democratic Party stands behind Biden's endorsement of Harris as the nominee. But Democratic and Independent Indiana residents are mixed about the decision. -
President Joe Biden announced he will be dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. -
The Muslim community in one Fishers, Indiana neighborhood celebrates Eid al-Fitr with a candy walk. But this year, joy and festivities are mixed with feelings of sadness as the death toll mounts and starvation spreads in Gaza. -
Becoming a medical specialist in Gaza can involve a host of bureaucratic and expensive hurdles. One man became not only a doctor but a neurosurgeon. And then came Oct. 7.
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Since boyhood, Husam Abukhedeir wanted to become a doctor and serve his people. He overcome obstacles to get his medical credentials and practiced neurosurgery at Al-Shifa Hospital. Then came the war. -
The first Indiana case of West Nile virus disease this year has been identified in a Johnson County resident. -
The personal information of more than 700,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in Indiana has been exposed in a data breach. -
Indiana providers performed more abortions in 2022 compared to every year since 2018, according to the latest state abortion count released by the Indiana Department of Health. But the number of abortions dropped in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year. -
Beneficiaries of safety net programs like Medicaid will still be able to sue states and state officials if their rights are violated, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 8. The ruling slammed arguments by the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Country trying to roll back this right. -
Pandemic-related protections are ending for people on Medicaid, and they'll need to do a lot more paperwork to stay covered. Black churches in Indianapolis are trying to protect the most vulnerable.
