Jillian Taylor
StateImpact Oklahoma: 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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Opill, which was approved by the FDA last July, is the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill, and it’s hitting pharmacy shelves now. -
A local STI testing clinic worries a bill seeking to improve sexually transmitted infection rates will accomplish the exact opposite. -
Oklahoma bill allowing providers to opt out of care if it goes against their beliefs fails committeeA bill that would allow health care workers to withhold services that go against their beliefs failed in the Oklahoma Senate Health and Human Services Committee. -
Oklahoma social workers face barriers in getting licensed, a bill could help them get to work fasterOklahoma’s estimated 6,000 licensed social workers are only meeting about two-thirds of the state's mental health needs. -
On March 2, the Oklahoma Mothers Milk Bank will celebrate ten years of supporting babies parents with over 1 million ounces of donor milk dispensed since its inception. -
A bill advanced in the Oklahoma Legislature that would require sixth through twelfth grade schools to provide free menstrual products. -
Abortion restrictions, the ongoing opioid crisis and access to mental healthcare are in focus this legislative session. Jillian Taylor is StateImpact Oklahoma’s health reporter, and spoke with managing editor Logan Layden about what to expect from lawmakers in 2024. -
The Oklahoma State Department of Health and its Office of Primary Care launched a loan repayment program for health professionals working in shortage areas.
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The American Lung Association released its annual State of Tobacco Control report, including recommendations on how states like Oklahoma can eliminate tobacco deaths. -
New data shows Tulsa County’s teen birth rate has declined by 67% from 2009 to 2022.
