
Novant Health, UVA discussing Northern Virginia regional health system
University of Virginia Health System and Novant Health are in discussions to create a Northern Virginia regional health system.

University of Virginia Health System and Novant Health are in discussions to create a Northern Virginia regional health system.

Western Albemarle residents in need of specialty neurological care have a new choice in Crozet. UVA neurologist and neuromuscular specialist Sarah M. Jones, MD, now offers weekly neurology consultations at UVA Family Medicine and Specialty Care Crozet.

The news about the crippling sanctions being handed down to Syracuse for NCAA violations in its men’s basketball program effectively turn another good move by the ACC into a steaming pile of crap.

The V Foundation for Cancer Research, one of the nation’s leading cancer research funding organizations, is excited to announce a new grassroots fundraising campaign in partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Season tickets for Virginia’s 2015 seven-game home schedule will be on sale for renewals and new buyers beginning Monday, March 2. The priority ordering deadline is Thursday, April 30.

Governor Terry McAuliffe honored 13 Virginia educators as recipients of the 29th annual Outstanding Faculty Award (OFA) for excellence in teaching, research, and public service.

The Waynesboro Police Department has charged two city men with felony drug charges stemming from the narcotics seizure on Club Road earlier in this month.

Almost five years ago, a 7-year-old Labrador retriever was operated on using a technique eventually patented by Virginia Tech biomedical engineering faculty member Rafael Davalos.

Based on a national consumer survey of healthcare quality and image, University of Virginia Medical Center has earned a 2014-15 Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corp.

Coal combustion plants account for more than half of Americans’ electric power generation. According to Coal’s Assault on Human Health, a report by the non-profit Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), coal combustion releases mercury, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and other substances known to be hazardous to human health.
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