
Biden’s federal budget calls for extending WIC benefit increase
President Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2022 calls for a 16 percent increase in funding for domestic programs, including a total of $27.9 billion for USDA programs.

President Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2022 calls for a 16 percent increase in funding for domestic programs, including a total of $27.9 billion for USDA programs.

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19) have introduced bipartisan legislation to tackle the prescription drug affordability crisis, hold pharmacy benefit managers accountable, and lower drug costs for American patients.

One of the main questions is – are you legally allowed to ask a person’s vaccination status? Businesses have been in trouble for asking individuals this question, but they shouldn’t be – and here’s why.

The Virginia Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program Collaborative has received a third year of grant funding to continue the important work of providing clinical and post-clinical support services to community violence victims.

Augusta Health is partnering with Unite Us to create a coordinated care network to connect local healthcare and social services providers through a shared electronic resource platform.

The Augusta Health Waynesboro Assessment Center on Lew Dewitt Boulevard will transition back to be a full-service Urgent Care, including laboratory and x-ray services, on Tuesday, June 8.

COVID-19 deaths in the AANHPI community have reminded us all of our mortality and demonstrated the importance of planning for the end of life.

The Central Virginia Health District has announced the dates and locations of its first mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics, both of which will be in Highland County in June.

Eligible patients at Augusta Health’s Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology who need food assistance now have access to nutritious foods.

No keen observer of the brutal Israel-Hamas conflict can draw any conclusion other than that both sides have and continue to be delusional about their presumptive goal of destroying the other entirely.
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