Blue Ridge Poison Center: Use of THC edibles, opioids, continue upward trend
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Call data from all U.S. poison centers is uploaded to a national database to help identify substance abuse and poisoning trends.
Search Results for Special Education
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Will the media’s complicity in the Iraq invasion be flushed down the memory hole?
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As mainstream U.S. media outlets pause to remember the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it’s clear that there’s a lot they hope we’ll forget, first and foremost, the media’s own active complicity in whipping up public support for the war.
Applications open for Department of Forestry’s Camp Woods and Wildlife
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Applications are now open for the 75th annual Camp Woods and Wildlife to be held June 19-23 at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center near Appomattox.
An endangered species: Child mortality rate increases by 20% in U.S., offsets years of progress
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More than 20 years of child and teen mortality data revealed that the pediatric death rate in the United States rose sharply between 2019 and 2021.
Bill would enable students, workers to use 529 Savings Plans toward training, certification
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The Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act would give students and workers the ability to use 529 Savings Plans to pay for workforce training, certification and credentialing program costs.
Nation to lose one hour of sleep Sunday with arrival of Daylight Saving Time
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The arrival of Daylight Saving Time Sunday means one less hour of sleep, a darker morning commute and the potential for more sleepy drivers on the road.
Virginia awarded $30M in Learning Recovery Grants to address COVID schools impact
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Virginian parents will receive $30 million in Learning Recovery Grants for qualifying education services with the intention to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Business symposium to feature NPR journalist, mental health expert
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An award-winning journalist and author and a mental-health expert will serve as keynote speakers at Shenandoah University’s 13th Business Symposium.
It is long past time to really pare down the Department of Defense budget
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Here we are in yet another crisis of our own making (well, made by the people we freely elected), the debt ceiling debacle. At the actual nut of the problem is the military budget.
Jefferson Foundation Medal recipients include LGBTQ hero attorneys from India
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UVA and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present their highest honors on April 13: The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals.
