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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Northwest tribe uses 'Treaty Rights 101' to school environmentalists
The Tulalip Tribe is using “Treaty Rights 101” workshops to help environmental and outdoor recreation organizations learn how to work with tribes.
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Seattle hospital workers possibly exposed to dangerous bacteria Brucella
Employees of Harborview Medical Center are being treated for the dangerous Brucella bacteria after a possible exposure this month.
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Expect more heat-related deaths in Seattle, scientists say
The heat this week in Seattle can be dangerous -- but nothing compared to what climate change could bring, according to a new study.
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'Probably they don’t like the color that I have': Edmonds storekeeper alleges racial bias crime
Jawahar Lal closed up his Edmonds convenience store after an incident he deems racist.
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Dry cleaning (and its toxic process) is on its way out
King County wants all the dry cleaners in the county to switch to wet cleaning technology by 2025. The problem is a chemical called perc, for short.
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Teens march to Seattle's City Hall to demand action on climate change
Youth gathered in Seattle's Pioneer Square today to ask legislators to pass the "Green New Deal," a set of legislative proposals aimed at addressing climate change, and to demand a 100 percent renewable economy and an end to the creation of new fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Gonzalo needs a kidney. But he can't get one because he's undocumented
Even though it was noon, Gonzalo was lying down when I arrived at the apartment in south King County where he lives. His wife Ricarda headed down a long, dark hallway to fetch him. “I was lying down because I felt really dizzy,” Gonzalo said in Spanish. “I can’t--I can’t enjoy the day, go out, because I’m always unwell.”
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Tougher rules aim to save salmon habitat for the good of Puget Sound orcas
The state Legislature is considering toughening up the rules on seawalls in Puget Sound -- with the aim to help southern resident killer whales by protecting shoreline salmon habitat.
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Vigil draws more than 1,000 at Redmond mosque
Hundreds gathered on Monday for a Muslim community Interfaith vigil and Anti-Islamophobia teach-in at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound in Redmond.
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5 things you need to know about the democracy vouchers in your mailbox
If you live in the city of Seattle, you’ve probably noticed something called “democracy vouchers” in your mailbox. Those vouchers represent a major change from how city election campaigns have been funded in the past.