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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Select SoonerCare members can now choose between two dental plans that will begin coverage on Feb. 1. -
In Oklahoma, some kids get sex education through their church because the state doesn't require the subject to be taught in public schools.
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Drummond’s lawsuit seeks to restore Title X funding.
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Exemption rates during the 2022-23 school year rose to 4.7% of Oklahoma kindergartners, which is 1.2% more than the year before.
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Four laws related to improving access to behavioral health care in Oklahoma are now in effect after Healthy Minds Policy Initiative’s work with lawmakers during this legislative session.
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Providing comprehensive sex education is a matter of faith for some Oklahoma churches. Some are filling gaps in a state that doesn’t require sex ed in its schools.
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The University of Oklahoma will receive $16 million over four years to help recruit and retain medical students from Tribal, rural and medically underserved communities.
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Oklahoma Human Services says it is on track to end its 13-year Developmental Disability Services waitlist as it works to connect a third group of 914 people to services.
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After its recent FDA approval, the CDC recommended everyone six months and older get an updated COVID vaccine. But insurance snags and supply issues are giving some Oklahomans trouble accessing it.
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The Oklahoma Fraternal Order of the Police is suing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, claiming its Health Information Exchange is unconstitutional because it requires providers serving Medicaid patients to report patient information into the exchange.
