Kate Wells
ReporterKate Wells is a Peabody Award-winning journalist currently covering public health. She was a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist for her abortion coverage. Wells previously co-hosted Believed, a nine-part podcast series drawing millions of downloads and numerous awards. She and co-host Lindsey Smith received the prestigious Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
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Attackers took files that may contain protected health information and personally identifiable information. -
Staff are asking for fewer elective surgeries and a temporary reduction in non-emergent patient admissions, "to alleviate the strain on resources and prioritize care." -
The protesters have been camped out on the U of M Diag since last month calling on the university to divest investments from Israel. -
![Last week's ransomware attack disrupted Ascension's 140 hospitals across the country, including more than a dozen in Michigan. Nurses say the quality of patient care has been significantly impacted. “I probably said 25 times [during my shift this week,] ‘We should not be doing elective surgeries,’” one nurse told Michigan Public. "Patient safety is at risk.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ee1cacf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3822x2129+0+234/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F61%2F44eb8b37454db3713fd1202e7207%2Fimg-8986.jpg)
“Obviously if someone is having an absolute emergency, you want them to come somewhere close,” one ER nurse said. “But when I can’t find someone’s critical lab work or I don’t know if someone has a brain bleed ... what good are we doing? At what point are we turning into patient harm?” -
At least one emergency room has transferred a major heart attack patient to another health system, while others have canceled elective surgeries, according to staff. -
The University of Michigan has declined protesters’ calls to divest its endowment from companies with ties to Israel’s war in Gaza. Here’s when U of M has divested in the past, and why. -
The Justice Department has settled 139 claims related to charges that the FBI failed to conduct an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics Team doctor Larry Nassar.
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Students at the University of Michigan set up some two dozen tents on central campus Monday in support of Palestine and in opposition to some U of M financial positions. -
ER doctors at Ascension St. John in Detroit say under the management of a private equity-owned staffing company, wait times for patients can stretch 10 to 15 hours. -
The FBI initially received complaints about Nassar in 2015, but failed to properly investigate, allowing him to continue sexually abusing gymnasts and patients until his arrest in 2016 by MSU police.
![Last week's ransomware attack disrupted Ascension's 140 hospitals across the country, including more than a dozen in Michigan. Nurses say the quality of patient care has been significantly impacted. “I probably said 25 times [during my shift this week,] ‘We should not be doing elective surgeries,’” one nurse told Michigan Public. "Patient safety is at risk.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4f78928/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3822x2129+0+234/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F61%2F44eb8b37454db3713fd1202e7207%2Fimg-8986.jpg)
