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Dr. Anthony Fauci will speak about the COVID-19 vaccine in a virtual event on Friday co-sponsored by the Governor’s Office, Virginia Department of Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center and faith leaders from the “Facts & Faith Fridays” group.
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VDH is having to scale back even more on its services for low-income Virginians because of its additional responsibilities related to COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
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Picture a residential neighborhood, the houses built on acres of former farmland. Nearby, a few grassy areas are left to grow wild, allowing birds and small mammals places to shelter.
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Some Virginia wine enthusiasts believe the state’s vineyards produce wines on par with the Napa and Rhone valleys.
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One-third of the excess deaths recorded between March 1 and Aug. 1 were the unintended consequences of the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Building on Virginia Tech’s COVID-19 testing strategy, the university has implemented surveillance testing for students and high-contact employee groups and a case management process to help those in the university community who test positive for the virus.
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring and his first-in-the-nation Animal Law Unit have sent a letter to animal control officers around Virginia highlighting the new animal cruelty laws that went into effect earlier this month.
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Pandemic profiteering passed another milestone today as the collective growth in the wealth of America’s 600-plus billionaires during the coronavirus crisis topped $700 billion.
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The University of Virginia announced plans today for the return of students, faculty and staff to Grounds and for the safe operation of the fall academic semester – including mandatory virus testing for students.
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Doctors can examine COVID-19 patients’ blood to identify those at greatest risk of severe illness and to pinpoint those most likely to need a ventilator, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.
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