Eilís O'Neill
Reporter
About
Eilís (eye-LEASH) O'Neill fell in love with radio when she was a 14-year-old high school intern at KUOW, in the program that later became RadioActive. Since then, she's worked as a radio reporter in South America and New York City and was thrilled to return to her hometown radio station in 2017. Her work has appeared on The World, Marketplace, and NPR.
Eilís has a degree in English and Spanish from Oberlin College and a master’s degree in science, environment and health journalism from Columbia University.
Stories
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Health
Washington offered state Medicaid to undocumented adults. Thousands still don't have coverage
Washington state has extended new health insurance options to undocumented immigrants, but thousands of people who are eligible are still waiting for coverage.
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Health
King County gives away lockboxes to keep guns from being stolen, accidentally fired
King County public health officials hope homes in the area will be a little safer after the county gave away thousands of firearm lockboxes.
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Health
Mayor Harrell wants to triple Seattle's spending on opioid treatment
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has unveiled his public health priorities for the 2025 budget. He proposes tripling the amount of money the city is spending on opioid treatment: from $5.33 million to $14.57 million.
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Education
Seattle's free and subsidized preschool program still has room for 600 kids
Seattle has expanded its program offering free and subsidized preschool to hundreds of families each year, and there are about 600 open seats still available for this school year.
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Health Care
'I didn’t know it existed.' Why young people are the least vaccinated in Seattle area
Seventy-one percent of King County residents never got the last booster. And young people are the least likely to get the vaccine: Only 18% of people ages 18 to 34 got last year’s shot.
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Health
In Seattle area, 988 mental health hotline supports tens of thousands in crisis
When people call 988, they get immediate help — but from a trained crisis counselor instead of law enforcement or paramedics. So far, close to 100,000 people have called or texted 988 from Puget Sound-based area codes.
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Health
Need anti-withdrawal meds? In King County, call this 24/7 hotline
People addicted to opioids in King County can call a new hotline and get a prescription right away for a drug that can help.
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Health
King County offers free clinics to help kids catch up on their shots
Kids got behind on their vaccines during and after the pandemic. To try to turn things around, free clinics in many South King County locations will offer vaccines.
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Health
Seattle’s Kaiser midwifery practice shuts down, even as demand for midwives increases
Kaiser Capitol Hill is a midwifery practice that will stop delivering babies in early 2025, shutting down an option for hundreds of moms who worked with this group every year. In recent years, families expecting babies have increasingly sought midwifery care; women often choose midwives when they want more time with their provider or are hoping to avoid medical interventions, like epidurals or C-sections.
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Health
King County is getting its first walk-in mental health crisis center
A new walk-in crisis care center in Kirkland for people experiencing mental health emergencies will start accepting patients in early August.