Yiqing Wang
Health ReporterYiqing is WHRO News' health reporter. Before joining WHRO, she was a science reporter at The Cancer Letter, a weekly publication in Washington, D.C., focused on oncology. Yiqing graduated from Northwestern University and Bryn Mawr College. She speaks Mandarin and French. Yiqing can be reached out at 443-494-6627 or yiqing.wang@whro.org.
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Patients say leaving the care-management program could mean finding a new primary care physician after years of treatment with the same doctor. -
For 35 years, Dr. Nancy Welch has led the Chesapeake Health Department through disease outbreaks, vaccination campaigns and the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Norfolk Health Department estimates about 18,000 residents will be affected by the Medicaid changes. -
Cardiovascular health spending has tripled, but death rates are rising in major Hampton Roads citiesDoctors say medical advances alone cannot close the gap between rising spending and stagnant death rates without stronger prevention and better access to care and healthy lifestyle. -
The law requires hospitals to post no-weapons notices but does not require detectors. Some patients say physical screening would give them greater peace of mind. -
Advocates say missed or delayed Parkinson’s medication can lead to serious complications during hospital stays. -
Federal prosecutors rarely bring criminal charges against an entire hospital. -
Data shows Virginia has more than 17,000 unfilled registered nurse positions. -
New gene therapies have changed what may be possible for some sickle cell patients. But providers say the path to treatment remains long, expensive and difficult to access. -
Marketplace enrollment in Virginia has dropped roughly 20% this year after premiums rose and federal tax credits expired.
