Claire Donnelly
Health Reporter & Host of FAQ City PodcastClaire 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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We take a look at the latest data. As of Tuesday, the numbers showed 27% of North Carolina kids ages 5 to 11 had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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At least six people in Mecklenburg County have been hospitalized with monkeypox since the local outbreak started, county health officials said Tuesday. The case total has risen to 115, including one case in someone under 18.
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North Carolina-based Novant Health has mailed 1.3 million letters to patients, warning that their medical information may have been sent to Facebook and its parent company, Meta.
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Under a draft version of a bill in the South Carolina legislature, helping someone obtain an abortion — including providing them with information about how to get one — would be a crime that carries a maximum 25-year prison sentence. The bill refers to it as “aiding and abetting” an abortion.
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Health officials in North Carolina are considering a change to how the monkeypox vaccine is administered, which could result in five times as many people being vaccinated.
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In this week's Time Out for Sports, Carolina Panthers legend Sam Mills was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last weekend. The quarterback competition heats up at Panthers training camp and coaching shakeups at West Charlotte High.
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Health officials say there's evidence of community spread of monkeypox in Mecklenburg County as the case count continues to rise.
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North Carolina’s Attorney General Josh Stein said Thursday his office will not take steps toward enforcing a 20-week abortion ban in the state, declining a request from Republican legislative leaders.
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Mecklenburg County’s monkeypox outbreak so far appears to be disproportionately affecting Black men who have sex with men, according to details about the county’s confirmed cases released Wednesday.
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A House committee reviewing South Carolina’s abortion law is suggesting the state ban almost all abortions other than when the life of the mother is at risk. A 12-member special House committee voted nine to three on Tuesday to support a full ban with no exceptions for rape or incest.