Virginia seeing increase in respiratory viruses; 17 deaths attributed to COVID-19, RSV, flu
Respiratory viruses including COVID-19, the flu, RSV and pneumonia are on the rise throughout Virginia, according to the Department of Health.
Respiratory viruses including COVID-19, the flu, RSV and pneumonia are on the rise throughout Virginia, according to the Department of Health.
UVA Health Orthopedics has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2024 list of 100 hospitals and health systems with orthopedics.
A declassified summary of results from a yearlong investigation on anomalous health incidents (AHIs) has been released.
Micron Technology announced on Monday the details of a planned $2.2 billion expansion in Northern Virginia that will play a key role in the national effort to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
On one side of the ban TikTok debate, we have 21 Republican state attorneys general, including Virginia AG Jason Miyares.
Two bills would protect the privacy of Americans and remove burdensome health care reporting requirements are now on the president’s desk.

Newsweek’s Best-in-State Hospitals 2025 list ranks UVA Health University Medical Center as Virginia’s No. 1 hospital.
Catastrophic cuts are in the offing for Medicaid, the nation’s largest single source of health coverage, serving primarily low-income Americans. But catastrophe isn’t inevitable.
The McKinsey & Co. consulting firm is being held criminally responsible for its advice to Purdue Pharma to “turbocharge” sales of OxyContin, precipitating the ongoing national opioid crisis.
Go figure, that Dr. Oz, the pick of Donald Trump to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has significant investments in companies that do business with the agency that he would be in charge of.
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