Heather Waliga
Anchor at WBIR-TV (Knoxville, TN)
Anchor at WTNZ-TV (Knoxville, TN)
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1 month ago |
wbir.com | Heather Waliga
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It's been months since Linda Meyers walked through the doors of Mosaic Breast Imaging for her first mammogram. The 44-year-old endocrinologist suspected a breast cancer diagnosis was inevitable given her family history. But she never expected it to be detected with the help of artificial intelligence. "I was filling out the paperwork, and it had this box that was like, 'Do you want AI to read your image for $20?' and on sort of a lark, I was like, 'Oh, why not?,'"Meyers said.
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2 months ago |
wbir.com | Heather Waliga
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville Police Officer Nick Bowling spends most days responding to calls on the city's east side. "I had a domestic there one day," Bowling recounts while driving through the area. But one call last summer caught him off guard. During a traffic stop, Bowling and his partner found a man barricaded inside his car with a shotgun.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
wbir.com | Heather Waliga
POWELL, Tenn. — It’s the simple pleasures that keep Conner Hurst and his family upbeat after an unexplained brain injury left the Powell teen paralyzed at 16 years old. “Actually, I secretly found out he likes Jelly Roll and country music, but don’t tell his friends,” his father, Chad Hurst, joked. Even communicating with Conner is more difficult. “His brain knows what to do, but those messages are just interrupted to the body,” his mother, Jamie Hurst, said.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
msn.com | Heather Waliga
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Jun 2, 2024 |
wnep.com | Heather Waliga
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Cat Steele's morning routine has become a ritual. She packs meals for the workday and several vitamins to help regulate her hormones. "I have to be really mindful of things that cause inflammation in my body, because that can lead to a lot of really negative symptoms," Steele said. At 28 years old, managing her symptoms has been a struggle since she was first diagnosed as a teenager with Polycystic ovary syndrome—more commonly known as PCOS.
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