Essential workers: Who gets a place in the pandemic picket line?
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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.
Search Results for CDC
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Virginia ticket wins $1M, two tickets win $10K, as Mega Millions jackpot leaps to $790M
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Mega Millions excitement is growing in Virginia. Of all the tickets bought in Virginia for the Friday, July 22, drawing, more than 95,000 ended up winning a prize. That includes one ticket that won $1 million and two tickets that each won $10,000.
Staunton District Traffic Alerts: Schedule for week of July 25-29
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The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton District during the coming weeks.
Voluntary testing begins for lead in drinking water in public schools and child care centers
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The Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water announced the launch of a statewide voluntary Lead Testing in Drinking Water at Schools and Child Care Centers in Virginia program.
Emergency department visits for firearm injuries up 72 percent in three years
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The Virginia Department of Health launched a new data dashboard on firearm injuries in Virginia last month showing the number and rate of emergency department visits from 2016 to 2022.
Virginia Department of Health receives grant to create new environmental health tracking program
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During Tracking Awareness Week, The Virginia Department of Health announced that it received a grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to create an environmental epidemiology program.
Bipartisan legislation would boost research into fentanyl entering American borders
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Legislation introduced Thursday would strengthen U.S. response to fentanyl entering the nation’s borders and ports of entry.
This week at the Wayne Theatre: Film, student play
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Join the Wayne Theatre Monday, June 20, for the film, “The Lady Vanishes (1938)” with showtimes at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. featuring an introduction and commentary by Jimmy O.
Virginia hospitals focusing on community efforts to address gun violence
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Virginia hospitals are helping lead efforts to enhance public health through programs focused on meeting the needs of victims of community violence.
Half of us have mental illness: That half of us, somehow, aren’t mass shooters
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Jennifer Lewis has worked in mental health for nearly 20 years. She’s never had a client become a mass shooter.
