Daniel Chang, Florida correspondent, covers Florida and the South. He joined KFF Health News in 2022 after 22 years at the Miami Herald, where his health care reporting focused on access to care for low-income patients; accountability of physicians, hospitals, and state health agencies; and the COVID-19 pandemic. He co-reported the series “Birth & Betrayal,” about a Florida program that shields doctors from liability for catastrophic birth-related injuries, which received a George Polk Award for state reporting. He was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for coverage of the Surfside, Fla., condominium collapse in 2021. A graduate of Florida International University, he is a native Floridian and fluent in Spanish.
Advocates, doctors, public health officials, and researchers worry public health bright spots in some states are fading: Many states have recently reported an increase in people opting out of vaccines for their kids as Americans’ views shift.
