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House Bill 392, introduced by McLean Democrat Kathleen Murphy, would require medical examiners to participate in training that provides guidelines for the proper identification of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
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The Central Shenandoah Health District is partnering with Dollar General stores to provide COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks.
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Abigail Spanberger is leading a bipartisan effort to protect the 340B Drug Pricing Program and prevent additional prescription drug hikes on Virginia healthcare providers and the communities they serve.
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ReadyKids has experienced an increase in demand for behavioral health services for children, resulting in a waitlist for much needed services.
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The last thing any of us need is a war with Russia over the Ukraine. You don’t need to know much about foreign policy to know that.
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Virginia Tech professor Raffaella De Vita has been awarded a National Science Foundation award to study the biomechanics of gender affirming surgery.
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The CEOs of Augusta Health and UVA Medical Center have a message for the community: the most recent COVID surge has their healthcare workers “at their breaking point.”
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Nothing in one part of the country is truly “alien” if it affects any other part. To the extent that the voting power and political voice of millions of people is diminished anywhere, it affects the quality of democracy everywhere.
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The seven-day average of new COVID cases in Virginia is at 12,084 on Tuesday, down 35.7 percent from the high of 18,782 on Jan. 13, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
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A Virginia General Assembly committee will take up legislation that could improve the lives of the Commonwealth’s nearly 30,000 nursing home residents, make facilities safer, and protect those who live and work there.
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