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Gov. Ralph Northam and the Virginia Department of Health joined Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University to celebrate the CDC’s National Immunization Awareness Month.
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In the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Sunday, there were 73 new positive COVID-19 cases through Augusta Health testing sites, the eighth highest daily total at Augusta Health, and the highest since mid-January.
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Dr. Larry Taylor, professor of music at Bridgewater College, will give a faculty organ recital at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, in the Concert Hall at the Carter Center for Worship and Music on the college’s campus.
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is reviewing regulations that would make clear that ghost guns are firearms under federal law.
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring is outlining the various state and federal tenant protections that are currently in place to help Virginians stay in their homes as the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the Commonwealth.
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Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe is calling on school systems to require educators and school staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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The Central Shenandoah Health District will begin to offer third dose booster shots of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to immunocompromised individuals effective immediately in accordance with FDA and CDC guidance.
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Augusta Health plans to begin offering third dose COVID-19 vaccination boosters for moderately and severely immunocompromised people by the end of this week.
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The Fishburne Military School Caissons football team will take to Anderson Field once again on Monday as training camp kicks off for the 2021-2022 school year.
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Studies have shown that people with a compromised immune system can have a weak response to the standard vaccine regimen, and that a third dose is needed to strengthen immunity in these persons and protect them from serious COVID-19 complications.
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