Eilís O'Neill
Reporter
About
Eilís is a reporter covering health. She focuses on health inequities, substance use and addiction, infectious diseases, mental health, and reproductive and maternal health.
Eilís came to KUOW in 2016. Before that, she worked as a freelance reporter, first in South America, and then in New York City. Her work has aired on NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, APM’s Marketplace, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, and other programs.
Eilís' work as part of a team covering Covid-19 outbreaks and vaccine hesitation in Washington won a regional Murrow award, as did a series about children who lost parents to Covid-19. Her series about the opioid crisis on the Olympic Peninsula won several regional Society for Professional Journalists awards as well as a national Public Media Journalists Association award.
Eilís grew up in Seattle and was a high school intern at KUOW, in the program that later became RadioActive. She has a Master's in Science, Health, and Environment Reporting from Columbia University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Spanish
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Longer wait times, discouraged patients: What abortion rights advocates in Washington expect post-Roe
Providers in Washington are trying to meet the increased demand for abortions here with medication abortions, longer hours, and at least one additional clinic — but they can’t ramp up fast enough to meet an expected surge in demand.
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Seattle area Catholics react to overturning Roe v Wade
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Vaccines are available for kids under 5, but getting an appointment around Seattle is pretty hard
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How to return to exercise after having Covid: slowly
There’s not evidence that abstaining from exercise in the weeks after having Covid helps prevent long Covid. And not exercising can be bad for you.
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Why you should be careful hitting the gym while recovering from Covid
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Inmates asked to sign waiver freeing state prison of liability amid Covid outbreak
Hundreds of people at Stafford Creek Corrections Center— more than a quarter of those incarcerated, and dozens of staff — have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last month.
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'All I want to do is feed my baby': The struggle facing parents of babies who need specialized formula
Alisha Harris is a nail technician who lives in Mill Creek, near Everett. About two weeks ago, she had only a can and a half left of the specialized formula her baby girl Mahaliyah needs. That was enough to last about a week and a half. She knew formula was in short supply, so she started looking for more.
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The pandemic made these seniors rethink the 'years they have left'
Many seniors had planned for their golden years to look one way — time with family, grandchildren, friends — and then the pandemic took that away. Now, they're rethinking how they want to spend their remaining time.
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Colds aren’t just colds. They’re a big driver of pediatric hospitalizations
Colds are back. Kids are getting sick. Some people say that’s a good thing: Kids need to build immunity to common viruses. But it’s more complicated.
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Biden unveils protection plan for old-growth forest during Seattle visit
On Friday, President Joe Biden visited Seattle’s Seward Park to announce and sign an executive order meant to protect old-growth forests on federal lands.