
Mental health screenings for area youth up during COVID-19 pandemic
Mental health screenings are up 250 percent over the last year in the Greater Augusta region with a rising number of youth reaching out for mental health resources and connections.

Mental health screenings are up 250 percent over the last year in the Greater Augusta region with a rising number of youth reaching out for mental health resources and connections.

DeepOutbreak, a team of researchers from Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, and the University of Iowa, has taken first place in the COVID-19 Symptom Data Challenge.

Officials at Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro have received word that a positive case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed within the campus community.

Shenandoah University is now testing positive COVID-19 samples for variants to better ascertain the viral outlook of Winchester and Frederick County.

Beginning today, the Virginia Department of Health will begin sending a series of text messages to people who receive a positive COVID-19 viral test result in Virginia.

Virginia, from a review of the CDC COVID-19 vaccine dashboard, is actually doing better getting vaccines into arms. Which isn’t to say that we’re doing anything close to what we need to be doing.

Today is National Plan for a Vacation Day, which takes on a whole new meaning this year given the number of Americans anxious to get going again.

Bipartisan legislation would allow the federal government to pay 100 percent of the cost to states and localities so that they can partner with restaurants and nonprofits to prepare nutritious meals for vulnerable populations.

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH) reintroduced the Global Health Security Act.

Augusta Health administered 473 COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday, pushing the total vaccinated at the regional hospital to 5,366, according to a report issued today.
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