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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Seattle Indian Health Board will shutter weekly clinic if shutdown continues
Unless the government reopens, the Seattle Indian Health Board will have to cut services starting this week, according to the organization.
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These Latina moms wanted to prevent asthma. They started with daycares
Asthma rates for African-American, Latino and poor communities in Washington state are very high. A group of moms in Tacoma decided to take on the problem.
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'Managing an aging pipeline is a bit like driving the wrong way down a freeway'
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Tourists feel the government shutdown as parts of Rainier, Olympic close
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This Christmas tree pesticide poisons kids, but Washington state hasn’t banned it
Hawaii and California banned or limited the pesticide. Gov. Jay Inslee is not considering a ban, a spokesperson said.
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This pesticide poisons kids, but it's still sprayed on local orchards — including Christmas trees
A court battle is currently raging over whether or not the EPA should ban chlorpyrifos nationwide. In the meantime, Pacific Northwest farmers keep using it. In 2016, Washington farmers used more than 200,000 pounds of the chemical on orchards and vineyards, and the majority of Christmas tree farmers also rely on chlorpyrifos.
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For orcas, the ocean is like a super loud upstairs neighbor
In Canada, the Port of Vancouver has ships slowing down through orca habitat. Now, some are hoping to do the same in Puget Sound.
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Seattle skiers want to take over this 'bro forest'
For decades, hunters, motorcyclists and snowmobilers have had the run of the Teanaway Valley. But changes are coming.
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No, Seattle campers, this lake does not belong to you
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Baby salmon are afraid of the dark, so Seattle built glass sidewalks