VPAS encourages community to share a meal with a senior in March
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Nearly a quarter of adults aged 65 and older are considered to be socially-isolated. Valley Program for Aging Services is aiming to change that.
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White House demands removal of TikTok from government devices in 30 days or less
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The White House has given all federal departments and agencies 30 days to remove the TikTok app from all government-issued devices.
New podcast to help provide ‘desperately needed’ support to kids and teens
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With so many things facing today’s teens, from drug misuse to mental health struggles and social media overload, guidance is needed to help with complex issues.
Has COVID made our colds worse? The pandemic left us less prepared
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We all experience the common cold every now and again, but have the symptoms felt worse than, say, before the COVID-19 pandemic? If the answer for you is “yes,” don’t worry, because you are not alone.
Nanny State idiocracy: When the government thinks it knows best
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Overregulation is just the other side of the coin to overcriminalization, that phenomenon in which everything is rendered illegal and everyone becomes a lawbreaker.
Virginia COVID-19 nursing home deaths up 160 percent, on decline now
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Nursing home deaths in Virginia in January were more than seven times the national average. However, new data suggests that the COVID-19 deadly outbreak in the state may have reached its peak.
Majority of teen girls feel sad, hopeless; ‘need more support to thrive’
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A new CDC report released this week shows that a majority of teen girls in the U.S. feel persistently sad or hopeless, double that of boys.
Naked and afraid: My daily struggle to break my pandemic drinking habit
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Drinking is a bad habit that a lot of us, me included, picked up to get through the pandemic.
VT students analyzing Reddit to better understand mental health, prevent suicide
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Three Ph.D. students at Virginia Tech and their advisor are analyzing Reddit to better understand and tackle different aspects of mental health issues to help prevent suicide.
Goodbye, Tyre: Another victim of America’s disregard for Black lives
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When Tyre Nichols woke up the morning of the last day of his life, I feel certain that he wasn’t thinking about racism or the chance that it might be his end.
