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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North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday that it will now pay for residents to have at-home COVID-19 test kits mailed to them. The agency said in a statement that any adult can request a COVID-19 test kit be shipped to their home overnight and DHHS will cover the cost. -
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to fall across North Carolina and in Mecklenburg County. The daily COVID patient census at all but two of Novant Health’s hospitals has dropped to less than 10.
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday urged all North Carolina school districts to offer students the chance to attend classes in person. "It's time to get our children back into classrooms," he said at a news conference with state Superintendent Catherine Truitt.
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People with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities, like autism, have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. They are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 and many have suffered because of increased social isolation. Yet they are among the last groups to get vaccinated under North Carolina’s new vaccine plan.
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North Carolina could start vaccinating residents ages 65 and older under new federal guidance announced by the Trump administration Tuesday. The federal…
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North Carolina health officials said on Monday that they are watching for new strains of the coronavirus in the state.
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North Carolina U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is ending his quarantine. The senator, who’s seeking reelection next month, announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus on Oct. 2.
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Three women wearing white lab coats, masks, face shields and gloves stood around a table on a recent afternoon at LabCorp's Burlington headquarters,...
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A company in the Hickory area helped develop a technology that could make social distancing and coronavirus contact tracing easier.
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The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in North Carolina has hit record highs over the past couple of weeks. On Wednesday, the statewide number...
