Eilís O'Neill has covered health for KUOW, an NPR station in Seattle, since 2020. Before that, she worked for almost a decade as a health and environment reporter in Seattle, New York City, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her work also has appeared on Marketplace and The World.
The Navajo Nation's high rates of asthma and other respiratory illnesses have taken on a new urgency: COVID-19 has hit the community worse than any other tribe in the country.
On the Yakama Reservation in eastern Washington, one group of students is trying to solve the problem of asthma by attacking its roots.
Asthma is on the rise across the U.S., and people of color are more likely to have asthma. On Native American reservations, the problem is particularly grave.
Asthma is on the rise across the United States, and the problem is particularly grave on reservations.
In the void of failed government programs, health workers are trying new ways to tackle high rates of asthma on Native American reservations.
