
Trials begin at VCU to test canakinumab against COVID-19
Virginia Commonwealth University has begun clinical trials to study the safety and efficacy of the drug canakinumab on COVID-19 patients.

Virginia Commonwealth University has begun clinical trials to study the safety and efficacy of the drug canakinumab on COVID-19 patients.

VCU Health is sharing the following two important updates with the community.

Arbor Day serves as a reminder for aspiring and seasoned gardeners that springtime is an ideal window of opportunity to begin planting fruit-bearing trees across the commonwealth.

A new certificate program at Virginia Commonwealth University will make it simpler for those with an interest in innovation to develop products and solutions to challenges facing the healthcare industry.

The “intelligence community” is neither. Community, like intelligence, is to be found completely elsewhere.

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center has been approved under Mayo Clinic’s Expanded Access Program to administer antibody-rich convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19.

Days Inn Waynesboro and an undisclosed hotel in Staunton partnered with Valley Community Services Board and Waynesboro Area Refuge Ministry to make discounted rooms and breakfast available for more than 50 homeless individuals.

Shenandoah Conservatory partners with The Farm Theater to present a Facebook live stream performance of “The Hierarchy of Fish” at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 19.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will resume issuing ground-level ozone air quality forecasts from April 13 through Sept. 25.

Gov. Ralph Northam has signed into law criminal justice reforms including measures decriminalizing simple possession of marijuana and sealing the records of prior marijuana convictions.
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