Virginia receives failing grades for efforts to prevent, reduce tobacco use
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A new report from the American Lung Association gives Virginia failing grades in four of five areas proven to reduce tobacco use.
Search Results for cancer
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ACC Basketball Notebook: UNC on the bubble, with game at Duke on the horizon
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UNC let a chance for a Quad 1 win slip away on the road at Pitt on Tuesday, losing 73-65 to the Panthers.
Waynesboro High girls basketball game to raise funds for family of Vanessa ‘V’ Joy
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Tonight’s girls basketball game at Waynesboro High School will also be a fundraiser for the family of Vanessa “V” Joy.
MBU’s Amy Tillerson-Brown carries on teaching legacy from Nikki Giovanni
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Dr. Amy Tillerson-Brown, a professor of history at Mary Baldwin University, met Nikki Giovanni as a Virginia Tech undergrad in 1991.
Survey: Nicotine pouch use among U.S. military identified as a big health problem
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American soldiers are 10 times more likely to use nicotine pouches that can cause serious health issues than average American adults.
Dry January: UVA Health liver disease expert encourages reduction in alcohol
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As far as New Year’s resolutions go, alcohol consumption is often on everyone’s list and the health benefits of reducing alcohol are great.
Why is the media martyring the guy who blew himself up in front of the Trump hotel?
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The MAGA military vet who blew himself up in an Elon Musk cybertruck in front of a hotel with Donald Trump’s name on it left behind messages blaming the “top 1%” for all that ails us.
Nikki Giovanni, former Freedom Fund speaker for Waynesboro NAACP, was ‘spiritually led’
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In 1994, Virginia Tech professor of English Nikki Giovanni spoke at the annual banquet of the Waynesboro branch of the NAACP.
President Biden sends condolences for ‘pioneering poet’ Nikki Giovanni
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A public viewing will be held Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home in Blacksburg for literary legend and retired Virginia Tech English professor Nikki Giovanni.
Literary legend, retired Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni dies at 81
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Literary legend and retired Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni completed her final chapter on Monday, December 9, 2024.
