
McEachin announces $4.5M in HHS grants for health research
Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) announced two grants from the Department of Health and Human Services totalling $4,582,084 for Virginia’s Fourth Congressional District.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) announced two grants from the Department of Health and Human Services totalling $4,582,084 for Virginia’s Fourth Congressional District.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) announced two grants, totaling $445,350, from the Department of Health and Human Services to fund health-related research.

A typical encounter with a black bear in Virginia goes something like this: you hear a rustle of leaves and then glimpse a patch of black fur as a large animal shuffles off into the dense underbrush of the forest.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) announced two grants from the National Science Foundation to Virginia Commonwealth University for scientific research.

Four years into World War II, 7,434 Black soldiers from 60 domestic units sat down to Survey 32.

Songbirds, especially those that live in urban areas like Washington, D.C., have a lot of competition when it comes to communicating their messages, from noises other creatures make to flowing rivers and wind to noisy traffic and other human-caused sounds.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced that 34 small technology-focused businesses in Virginia will receive a total of $3.4 million in Commonwealth Commercialization Fund grants.

While sharks are taking the spotlight this week on Discovery Channel, a James Madison University researcher says paddlefish, a weird fish from the murky depths of America’s great river systems, deserve some attention, too.

Every year, 790 Americans are diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of brain cancer called a diffuse midline glioma, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Wildlife laboratories up and down the East Coast are trying to figure out what is killing blue jays, crows and related bird species, said Ed Clark, the founder and president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro.
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