Taunya English

tenglish@whyy.org

Taunya’s stories come from across the Philadelphia region. She also reports on health and energy policy from the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.

Before joining WHYY, Taunya was interim Bureau Chief for Public Radio Capitol News, the statehouse news service in Harrisburg, Pa.

For three years, Taunya worked as a freelance health reporter for Baltimore’s NPR affiliate, WYPR. Her stories gave attention to farmers in rural Maryland, working homeless people in Aberdeen and lay health workers in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.

Taunya has also worked a newspaper reporter in Northern California and as a science writer in Washington, DC. She earned her graduate degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

Recent stories by Taunya English:

• V.A. hospital faces new violation allegations, November 20th, 2009
• PA offers free swine flu vaccine clinics, November 18th, 2009
• Doubts about cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin, November 18th, 2009
• Enough H1N1 vaccine to share, November 18th, 2009
• Seniors mull Medicare choices, November 18th, 2009
• Medicare creates a pay-for-performance system, November 12th, 2009
• IT experts push for digital records, November 11th, 2009
• Public health experts debate House health plan, November 10th, 2009
• Goals for a healthier America, November 6th, 2009
• Nurses say Temple’s offer includes a "gag clause", November 5th, 2009
• Is Philadelphia a healthy place to live?, November 5th, 2009
• Peers help with addiction recovery, November 3rd, 2009
• Counties join the PA Health Insurance Purchasing Co-op, November 3rd, 2009
• Discussing what keeps immigrants from care, November 3rd, 2009
• Vaccine scarcity worries pregnant women, November 3rd, 2009
• Peers help with addiction recovery, October 28th, 2009
• Putting baby to bed … safely, October 27th, 2009
• Philadelphia gene therapy trial restores vision, October 24th, 2009
• H1N1 vaccine arrives slowly, October 22nd, 2009
• Bravo Health focuses on Medicare Advantage, October 21st, 2009
• Federal aid buoys health spending in PA, October 21st, 2009
• Kids buy cheap snacks at the corner store, October 20th, 2009
• CDC recommends H1N1 vaccine for children, October 16th, 2009
• Seniors search for new Medicare options, October 16th, 2009
• PA plans to clear greenhouse gases, October 13th, 2009
• Testing a new way to provide health care, October 13th, 2009
• Electronic cigarettes spark controversy, October 9th, 2009
• PA says Penn Treaty should liquidate, October 7th, 2009
• PA vaccine maker: Shots will arrive by November, October 5th, 2009
• Rekindled hopes to tax snuff and chew, October 2nd, 2009