Claire Donnelly
Claire Donnelly is WFAE's health reporter. She previously worked at NPR member station KGOU in Oklahoma and also interned at WBEZ in Chicago and WAMU in Washington, D.C. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and attended college at the University of Virginia, where she majored in Comparative Literture and Spanish. Claire is originally from Richmond, Virginia. In her free time, Claire likes listening to podcasts and trying out new recipes.
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Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with monkeypox virus, which is endemic to some African countries. Neither North nor South Carolina had identified a case as of Wednesday afternoon — but one health expert said it "wouldn't be a huge surprise." -
It could become more difficult to get an abortion in North Carolina and South Carolina if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion rights case.
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North Carolina is part of a nationwide surveillance study of COVID-19 in white-tailed deer. Six deer have tested positive for the coronavirus so far.
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Atrium Health said it has offered “career transition services” to its workers who refused to follow Atrium's COVID-19 vaccine policy. A spokesperson decline to say whether the employees had been fired.
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Months after a new health care price transparency rule went into effect, some North Carolina hospitals failed to show full compliance. Now, nearly a full year under the new rule, leaders from those hospitals say they are fully following the policy, but regulators have not publicly released information to show these hospitals are indeed in good standing.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts North Carolina will see a 43% jump in overdose deaths compared to 2020. Overdose deaths have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A bronze statue honoring Julius Chambers was unveiled over the weekend along the Little Sugar Creek Greenway. Chambers’ statue is part of the Trail of History, a collection of statues commemorating the lives of people important to the history of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
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At least 5,750 employees at Atrium Health have still not received a COVID-19 vaccine, leading the Charlotte-based hospital system to push back its original deadline for mandatory vaccination.
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North Carolina's top health official, Mandy Cohen, hasn't talked about obesity in six months during her coronavirus news briefings with Gov. Roy Cooper.
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Roughly 99% of Novant Health employees have complied with the North Carolina-based hospital system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Those who have not have been suspended and will be fired if they don't comply within five days. Novant is one of two major hospital systems in Charlotte.
