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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.

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.

Six years after its original groundbreaking ceremony, the Jones & Cabacoy Veterans Care Center in Virginia Beach has finally opened. A change in federal design standards and more than $30 million in federal funding led to substantial delays, but resulted in a larger facility better customized to residents’ needs.

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Virginia Beach veterans long-term care and rehab facility, the 3rd in Virginia, finally opens

November 10, 2023 at 5:09 p.m.

Six years after its original groundbreaking ceremony, the Jones & Cabacoy Veterans Care Center in Virginia Beach has finally opened. A change in federal design standards and more than $30...

With all 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly up for grabs, other organizations, states, and even countries are watching the state's races closely for indicators of how abortion will affect the 2024 presidential election.

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Abortion is a key issue for Virginia voters. A doctor explains what we can and can’t know about pregnancy at 15 weeks.

November 6, 2023 at 8:19 a.m.

With all 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly up for grabs, other organizations, states, and even countries are watching the state's races closely for indicators of how abortion will...

The Wellness and Prevention Services Unit of the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services will host a free discussion about marijuana use this Saturday.

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Virginia Beach to host free marijuana health talk on Saturday

November 1, 2023 at 1:57 p.m.

The Wellness and Prevention Services Unit of the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services will host a free discussion about marijuana use this Saturday.

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