Eilis 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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Low-income families in Washington can get free air conditioning, but time is running out
This summer could be a scorcher in Washington. Low-income families in the state have about a month left to get free air conditioning units.
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Seattle just got 150 psych unit beds. Is it enough to make a difference?
A new psychiatric unit opened Wednesday at the University of Washington’s Northwest Hospital in North Seattle. It was funded in part by state taxpayers, and it represents a significant step toward addressing the severe shortage of inpatient beds in Washington state.
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Drug use in Washington state is changing. More people are smoking and when they look for help, it’s hard to find
A survey of people with substance use disorder across Washington state found that, these days, more people are smoking drugs than injecting them, many people are using both opioids and methamphetamines, and many of those who seek help reducing their drug use are unable to get that help.
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Washington state hospitals are still losing money, leading to 'heartbreaking decisions'
Hospitals in Washington state are still losing money, a downward trend that started during the pandemic. And as they try to cut costs, patients are seeing the effects.
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King Country searches for ways to save public health clinics from the budget ax
Most of King County’s 10 public health centers will have to close next year unless the county comes up with a budget fix soon.
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Half of WA’s undocumented immigrants are uninsured. For the first time, the state marketplace is open to them
Roughly 50% of undocumented immigrants don't have health insurance. This month, Washington became the first state to open its insurance marketplace to all undocumented immigrants. Those below a certain income will even be able to get state subsidies to help pay the insurance premiums.
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Native women in WA are dying during and after childbirth. Could cash help?
Native women are more likely to die during or shortly after childbirth than any other group in Washington state. Now, a nonprofit in the Seattle area is trying to tackle that with a new approach: cash.
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Aging Boomers can't find caregivers in rural WA. Who can fill the gap?
Boomers in Central Washington are growing older and needing more care, but their kids have moved away to bigger cities, and there aren’t enough nursing homes and paid in-home caregivers to take care of everyone.
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Port Angeles pharmacy becomes first in Washington state approved for abortion drug mifepristone
A pharmacy in Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula just became the first in the state to announce publicly that it will begin dispensing mifepristone — the first of two drugs used in most medication abortions.
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'Eres mi reina.' Una paciente que sufre de demencia y su amoroso esposo enfermero