Jess Mador is WABE’s Health Reporter. She follows public health issues, health policy and health disparities and explores their impacts on people and communities across the Atlanta area and beyond. In this role, she also participates in the National Health Reporting Partnership between NPR and KFF Health News. Her stories can also be found at NPR News and at KFF Health News, through a partnership with NPR and public radio stations around the country. Mador is a 2024 Reporting Fellow with the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ).