Kate Wells

Kate Wells is the Michigan correspondent for KFF Health News. She reports on public health and health policy, with a focus on how national systems and decisions play out in people’s daily lives. 

Before joining KFF, Wells spent more than a decade at Michigan Public, where her reporting covered everything from abortion access to vaccine hesitancy, bird flu, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She co-hosted and co-reported the NPR and Michigan Public podcast series Believed, based on her two years spent covering the Larry Nassar case. Her work has earned a Peabody Award, the Livingston Award for Young Journalists, and recognition as a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting.

Wells began her career at New Hampshire Public Radio and Iowa Public Radio and has reported extensively for NPR. She lives with her family in Ann Arbor, Michigan.