
Virginia Department of Health launches updated health mapping tool
The Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity announced the launch of an update to the Virginia Health Opportunity Index.

The Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity announced the launch of an update to the Virginia Health Opportunity Index.

Wegmans Food Markets Inc., a Rochester, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,125 pounds of chicken products.

Huisken Meat Co., a Sauk Rapids, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 89,568 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous wood materials.

As 2015 comes to a close, so too does the first-session of the 114th Congress, and I believe that we have much to look forward to as we embark upon a new year.

Inova, the largest health system in Northern Virginia, and George Mason University, the largest public research university in Virginia, are partnering to conduct translational research.

As of December 19, the number of consumers signed up for Marketplace coverage surged to more than 8.2 million nationally, including 375,891 in Virginia.

Three Republican members of the House of Delegates are introducing legislation in the 2016 General Assembly to reform Certificate of Public Need laws.

If you are very hard of hearing, you know all too well there’s a long way from hearing sounds to making sense of them.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is again making the case for expansion of the state’s Medicaid system, but he’s aware that it will be a hard sell.

In response to Governor McAuliffe’s unveiling today of his proposed biennial budget, Senate Democrats made the following statements.
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