Claire Donnelly
Health Reporter & Host of FAQ City Podcast
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 Literature and Spanish. Claire is originally from Richmond, Virginia.
Reach her at cdonnelly@wfae.org or on Twitter @donnellyclairee.
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In the months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, training groups in North Carolina say they've seen an uptick in interest from people wanting to work as abortion doulas. -
After the fall of Roe v. Wade, there's been more interest in the work of "abortion doulas," who offer advice and support to people having abortions. More people are training to take on this work.
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After the leaked Dobbs Supreme Court opinion and the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many abortion rights groups saw a flood of donations and volunteer requests. Now, one organization in the Carolinas says that support has hit a plateau.
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Mecklenburg County officials heard a range of suggestions about how to spend millions of dollars the county will receive as part of the National Opioid Settlement at a hearing Tuesday.
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Abortion rights supporters in North Carolina are bracing for a continued battle over abortion access after Republicans narrowly failed to win a supermajority across both chambers of the statehouse.
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Even as many parents have relaxed about COVID-19, Charlotte-area doctors are seeing a surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. The virus, which affects the lungs and breathing passages and often sickens children, is expected to peak in the next several weeks, local physicians said Tuesday.
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A minor from Midlands, South Carolina, died from flu complications, state health officials said Monday, marking the state’s first pediatric flu-related death of the flu season.
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In North Carolina, there are about 100 trained abortion doulas who can offer physical and emotional support to people having abortions. Local doula training programs have seen a surge in demand since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments on whether a roughly six-week abortion ban violates the state’s constitution.
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New COVID-19 boosters for children as young as five years old are rolling out across North Carolina, state health officials said Thursday. The new boosters are designed to help protect against the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.
