Stephanie O'Neill

Jerry Bilinski, a retired social worker who lives in Fayetteville, N.C., says he deserves a full explanation from his medical team of what led to a small gash on his forehead during his surgery for a cataract. Eamon Queeney for KHN hide caption

William Simpson with a 2-year-old Appaloosa colt near the Soda Mountain Wilderness area, straddling the Oregon and California border, in July 2022. Michelle Gough hide caption

A band of wild horses on a mountainside near the Soda Mountain Wilderness area. Photo Courtesy of: Wild Horse Fire Brigade - a non-profit organization hide caption

Kyne is a drag queen math communicator who explains math concepts and riddles on TikTok. Justin Atkins hide caption

Green the Chow Chow sits in the grooming area at the 142nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at The Piers on February 12, 2018 in New York City. The show is scheduled to see 2,882 dogs from all 50 states take part in this year's competition. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

The sun emits a mid-level solar flare releasing a burst of solar material. NASA hide caption

A beaver throws some twigs on top of his dam as his partner eats some grass near the shore. Taken in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Chase Dekker Wild-Life Images/Getty Images hide caption

This image of the United States at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by satellite in April and October 2012. NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data provided courtesy of Chris Elvidge (NOAA National Geophysical Data Center)./NASA Earth Observatory hide caption

Doctors are encouraging people to make the preventive health care appointments they may have put off because of the pandemic. The Good Brigade/Getty Images hide caption

It took about a decade to get the Ku'ia Solar plant in Lahaina, Maui up and running. Hawaii's utility commissioners hope that new "performance-based regulation" will better incentivize the monopoly utility to get solar plants like this onto the grid more quickly. Julia Simon for NPR hide caption

Air Force veteran Danyelle Clark-Gutierrez and her service dog, Lisa, shop for food at a grocery store. Lisa helps Clark-Gutierrez cope with post-traumatic stress disorder after she experienced military sexual trauma. Stephanie O'Neill for KHN hide caption

Danyelle Clark-Gutierrez and her service dog, Lisa, shop for food at a grocery store. Clark-Gutierrez got the yellow Labrador retriever to help her cope with post-traumatic stress disorder after she experienced military sexual trauma while serving in the Air Force. Stephanie O'Neill for KHN hide caption