UVA experts on teens: ‘It’s not unusual’ for them to have thoughts of suicide
One in five teens have a mental-health issue of some kind ranging from depression to anxiety, according to experts from UVA.
One in five teens have a mental-health issue of some kind ranging from depression to anxiety, according to experts from UVA.

VCU Health has received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing to begin lung transplantation at its Hume-Lee Transplant Center.
The surge of abortion bans sweeping the United States has ignited fierce debates about the rights of pregnant people and bodily autonomy.
The right to abortion is a human rights issue that no government agency, courts, local and state legislators, or anyone else has the right to violate or impede in any shape or form.
Parents face unprecedented levels of stress these days, so much so that the mental health challenges they experience constitute “a serious public health concern for our country.”
Ready-to-eat meat products distributed to grocers, restaurants and schools have been recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Millions of MAGAs don’t like facts. They want to have a right to their opinion, which they feel is more valuable than facts.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced more than 60 administration and board appointments made in October.
The Virginia Department of Health is conducting its Community Health Assessment throughout November in the Central Shenandoah Health District.
U.S. News & World Report has named UVA Health Children’s the No. 1 children’s hospital in Virginia for the fourth consecutive year.
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