Ashley Lopez
Ashley Lopez is a reporter forWGCUNews. A native of Miami, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism degree.
Previously, Lopez was a reporter for Miami's NPR member station, WLRN-MiamiHerald News. Before that, she was a reporter at The Florida Independent. She also interned for Talking Points Memo in New York City andWUNCin Durham, North Carolina. She also freelances as a reporter/blogger for the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.
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During the pandemic, racial minorities have been disproportionately affected by the virus and now face new issues as the COVID-19 vaccine is distributed. -
Planned Parenthood officials say patients will have a hard time finding new providers in a short window of time during a pandemic.
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Medical professionals conducting millions of COVID-19 tests in the U.S. face an overwhelming workload even as the first round of vaccinations are administered.
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The first round of vaccinations comes as Texas is seeing a massive surge in cases. There are currently more than 1.3 million confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state.
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Officials say they have heard concerns that some vulnerable communities don't plan on getting vaccinated.
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If cases continue to rise, experts anticipate a strain on hospitals, a rise in deaths and continued tension between and state and local officials.
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Groups are asking Texas lawmakers to hold these hearings virtually during the pandemic, but so far state lawmakers have refused.
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The court ruled legal precedent disqualifies Medicaid beneficiaries from taking issue with how a state determines which providers are qualified to be in the health care program.
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Texas has the most uninsured people in the U.S. – close to 20% of its population. They face a lot of unknowns about how to get and pay for health care if infected. Texas hospitals are affected, too.
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Groups that help register new voters in Texas are challenging the state's effort to remove noncitizens from voter rolls, claiming it's an attempt to...
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Almost 68 percent of voters in Texas voted straight ticket during the 2018 general election, according to a new report from the Austin Community College...
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It’s been nearly two weeks since Texas officials released a list of 95,000 people on the state’s voter rolls who they suspect might not be citizens....
