Paige Pfleger

Paige Pfleger is a reporter for WOSU, Central Ohio's NPR station. Before joining the staff of WOSU, Paige worked in the newsrooms of NPR, Vox, Michigan Radio, WHYY and The Tennessean. She spent three years in Philadelphia covering health, science, and gender, and her work has appeared nationally in The Washington Post, Marketplace, Atlas Obscura and more. 

How Foreign-Born Doctors Help Refugees, Other Immigrants

By • Jun 13, 2019

Deepa Halaharvi is a morning person.

"Eat, read, pray, and get ready to go to work," she says, laughing. "And usually I’m out the door around 6:15 or 6:30."

Ohio Board Of Education Assembles Group To Examine School Dropouts

By • Jun 3, 2019

Monday is the first meeting of the Dropout Prevention and Recovery workgroup, a special task force formed by the Ohio Board of Education. 

Ohio Community Fears Pollution From Planned Coal Mine

By • Mar 8, 2019

“I water my horses out of this creek down here,” Jeff Ivers says, resting his hand on his horse’s nose.

He looks out over his land: 43 acres, surrounded on three sides by Perry State Forest, with a small creek running through it.

Ohio Criminalizes Female Genital Mutilation

By & Paige Pfleger • Jan 9, 2019

Gov. John Kasich has signed a law criminalizing female genital mutilation, or FGM.

Program Keeps Moms And Babies Together – Even In Prison

By • Nov 29, 2018

Alisha Floyd bounces her son Chance on her lap. He giggles and pulls her hair.

“He’s the fattest baby here,” she says, laughing.

Ohio Has Second-Highest Rate Of Overdose Deaths In U.S.

By & Paige Pfleger • Nov 29, 2018

Rates of drug overdose deaths continue to increase according to a new report from the CDC. Overdose deaths rose nearly 10 percent in 2017.

Midwest Voters Weigh In On Pot, The ACA And More

By , & • Nov 7, 2018

Health care was a big campaign issue across the Midwest, and Tuesday's election results were mixed. Among the winners: medical marijuana.

Election 2018: Health Care Is Huge Issue In Midwest

By , , & • Nov 2, 2018

Across the Midwest, health care has emerged as one of the year’s biggest campaign flash points — in races from U.S. Senate to state attorney general.