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Mechelle Hankerson
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News Director, WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA)
Virginia Beach
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By Mechelle Hankerson Verified| WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA) Verified The Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways Museum in Chesapeake is one local organization feeling the immediate impact of President Donald Trump's administration’s decision to cut staff and funding at the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The agency provided local museums with grants to support new programs. According to its grant database, it’s given $5 million to organizations in Hampton Roads in the last decade and closer to $15 million in the region since 1997.
By Doug Boynton Verified, Mechelle Hankerson Verified| WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA) Verified The rate of syphilis cases in the United States hit a historic low at the turn of the millennium, thanks to an emphasis on safe sex during the 1990s. But the disease is surging again, especially among seniors and newborns. In Virginia, its worst in Hampton Roads. “The unsafe sexual practices are increasing, and so this is really why it's not a spike, but it's been a general trend moving up from the 2000s up until now, and it keeps going up,” said Norfolk Health Director Susan Girois.
By Mechelle Hankerson Verified| WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA) Verified Victoria Crenshaw has heard of cannabis products helping cancer patients eat again and a person with dementia calm their uncharacteristic anger. It even helps her personally, relieving joint pain in a knee she once thought would need to be surgically replaced. “We've had many individuals that come and they're tired of the effect of the Ativan or some other medication that they've been taking for years.
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WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA)
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
+1 757-889-9400