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Katrina Dix

Katrina Dix is a member of The Pilot's features team, trying to find new angles on issues affecting Hampton Roads. Her previous journalism experience includes award-winning coverage of education; the opioid epidemic; and diversity, equity and inclusion issues, often through a data analytics lens.

Health officials recorded an unsafe level of enterococci, bacteria which don’t directly cause illness but indicate increased contamination.

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Huntington Beach in Newport News under swim advisory

June 18, 2024 at 5:46 p.m.

Health officials recorded an unsafe level of enterococci, bacteria which don’t directly cause illness but indicate increased contamination.

Representatives from both companies did not provide answers to questions about the length of the contract, or any information about what Anthem, also known as Elevance Health, will now pay Chesapeake on its members' behalf. An Anthem representative said Friday such contracts are too complex to announce those details, which are private under the agreement.

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Anthem and Chesapeake Regional resolve insurance contract dispute but release few details

June 15, 2024 at 1:40 p.m.

Representatives from both companies did not provide answers to questions about the length of the contract, or any information about what Anthem, also known as Elevance Health, will now pay...

Leaders unveiled the name of the program: the Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University. It will be the largest health sciences center in Virginia, with more than 50 degrees offered, several of which are not available anywhere else in the commonwealth, said Cathy Lewis, community engagement liaison for ODU.

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EVMS, ODU celebrate long-awaited merger to create Virginia’s largest health sciences center

June 12, 2024 at 3:18 p.m.

Leaders unveiled the name of the program: the Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University. It will be the largest health sciences center in Virginia, with...

About 200 people gathered Friday on the lawn in front of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital for a Wear Orange to End Gun Violence rally. This is the 10th year Wear Orange events across the country have raised awareness of gun violence's effects on children and their families.

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Sentara, EVMS and CHKD rally to end gun violence: ‘One thing you learn being a doctor is how special life is.’

June 7, 2024 at 4:59 p.m.

About 200 people gathered Friday on the lawn in front of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital for a Wear Orange to End Gun Violence rally. This is the 10th year Wear...

The words come out easier for stroke survivor Ray Hart when he sings. Sentara Health finds success in music therapy for stroke survivors, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s patients and others with various types of cognitive deficit.

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Sentara deploys music therapy to help stroke survivors regain lost speech by singing

June 4, 2024 at 1:41 p.m.

The words come out easier for stroke survivor Ray Hart when he sings. Sentara Health finds success in music therapy for stroke survivors, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s patients and others with...

Heart disease is the leading killer of women as well as men, but it’s often under-recognized in women, said Dr. Dena Krishnan, who practices at the Bon Secours-affiliated Cardiovascular Specialists clinic in Suffolk.

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Women’s heart risk spikes after menopause, study shows, as Suffolk doctor spreads word

May 15, 2024 at 8:04 a.m.

Heart disease is the leading killer of women as well as men, but it’s often under-recognized in women, said Dr. Dena Krishnan, who practices at the Bon Secours-affiliated Cardiovascular Specialists...

A team from NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton will join about 200 total NASA researchers in an ambitious study of Asian air quality. NASA Langley's Jim Crawford is the study's lead scientist.

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Mapping pollution’s fingerprints: NASA Langley scientists jet to Asia for air quality research mission

January 19, 2024 at 3:26 p.m.

A team from NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton will join about 200 total NASA researchers in an ambitious study of Asian air quality. NASA Langley's Jim Crawford is the...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and “All American” actor Abraham D. Juste, known as Da’Vinchi, stopped at Hampton University to talk about mental health with students.

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U.S. Surgeon General, actor Da’Vinchi talk loneliness, mental health at Hampton University

December 1, 2023 at 3:59 p.m.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and “All American” actor Abraham D. Juste, known as Da’Vinchi, stopped at Hampton University to talk about mental health with students.

After a near-death experience in July, documentary producer Kendrick Hopkins was diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, a rare genetic condition that has a tendency to kill sufferers in their sleep by middle age, often without them knowing they have it.

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Newport News documentary producer reflects on art and life after a near-death experience

November 24, 2023 at 3:22 p.m.

After a near-death experience in July, documentary producer Kendrick Hopkins was diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, a rare genetic condition that has a tendency to kill sufferers in their sleep by...

Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads is under construction on 2.5 acres in the Red Mill area of Virginia Beach.

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Hampton Roads’ first freestanding hospice house to open in Virginia Beach next year

November 21, 2023 at 9:56 a.m.

Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads is under construction on 2.5 acres in the Red Mill area of Virginia Beach.

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