Alice Paul Tapper to publish picture book about medical misdiagnosis

NEW YORK (AP) — A new book from bestselling author Alice Paul Tapper, daughter of CNN anchor Jake Tapper, is inspired by a deadly health emergency. Use Your Voice, illustrated by Fannie Ream, is a fictionalized account of Alice’s hospitalization in 2021 after experiencing severe abdominal pain, chills, and vomiting, which turned out to be […]

National newscaster visits Cleveland for family campaign to prevent misdiagnosis

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Two years ago, CNN news anchor Jake Tapper almost lost his then-14-year-old daughter Alice. “Alice became very ill, was misdiagnosed as having appendicitis, and almost died from sepsis due to the misdiagnosis,” Tapper said. “I felt so helpless,” Alice’s mother Jennifer Tapper said. “But I was already at the children’s hospital […]