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Mechelle Hankerson
News DirectorMechelle is News Director at WHRO. She helped launch the newsroom as a reporter in 2020. She's worked in newspapers and nonprofit news in her career. Mechelle lives in Virginia Beach, where she grew up.
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Health roundup: Growth at Chesapeake Regional, abortion pill access rules in N.C overturned and moreSome of the health headlines from Hampton Roads and Virginia in June
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Following the 2022 Walmart shooting, Chesapeake Regional Medical Center decided it was time to build a trauma program.
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Chesapeake Regional’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program is the first in Hampton Roads and partially funded with state grant money.
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Health news from Hampton Roads and Virginia in May.
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More than 7,000 people in northeastern North Carolina have enrolled in Medicaid since the state expanded the program in December 2023.
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After applying to the state twice for permission for open-heart procedures, Chesapeake Regional performed its first open-heart surgery April 30.
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This month in Hampton Roads and Virginia health news.
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The Dance Theatre of Harlem held a free community dance class in Norfolk before a week of performances as part of the Virginia Arts Festival.
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The Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads has 12 private rooms but puts only a small dent in the number of hospice beds needed in the region.
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The Virginia International Tattoo opens tonight, April 18, and runs through April 21, with performances from civilian and military performers from seven countries.