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The Blue Ridge Health District will begin administering the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccines to eligible community members today.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, announced today that it awarded $40.22 million in youth mental health grants throughout the month of August.
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In order to better align with CDC guidance, the Virginia Department of Health and Blue Ridge Health District have expanded the qualifying criteria individuals must meet to receive a monkeypox vaccine.
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Google will make changes to its search results to clearly label facilities that provide abortions so that users seeking abortions are not misled by anti-abortion fake clinics or crisis pregnancy centers.
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Augusta Health has seen an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the past two weeks, and officials there are encouraging the community to get a second booster if necessary.
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Opioids help people manage chronic pain – and that’s a good thing. So, what went wrong?
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Shenandoah National Park will conduct its sixth annual Night Sky Festival from Aug. 19-21, with rangers and guest speakers presenting a variety of programs focusing on space, celestial objects, nocturnal residents and the importance of dark night skies.
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Twenty-six months after the COVID-19 lockdown in the United States was lifted, social distancing and masks are as important as vaccinations and booster shots in preventing infection.
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Dr. Kathryn Bass grew up on the southside of Chicago where the 4th of July shooting happened in Highland Park one month ago.
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At a time of children with popsicle-covered faces running around and summer music festivals, many are celebrating the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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