Does an increased homicide rate increase the need for police in American cities?
The homicide rate decreased by an average of 7 percent in 45 of America’s biggest cities between the fourth quarters of 2021 and 2022.
The homicide rate decreased by an average of 7 percent in 45 of America’s biggest cities between the fourth quarters of 2021 and 2022.

Cervical cancer is highly preventable and treatable, yet approximately 4,200 women die of the disease each year in the US, and Black women die at alarming rates.

It takes a special kind of evil to prostitute and traffick a child for sex, and yet this evil walks among us every minute of every day.
The Paul and Diane Manning Institute at UVA will be at the forefront of next-generation medicine.

Virginia is encouraging people and organizations to use Data Privacy Week as an opportunity to learn about privacy and take steps needed to stay safe.

Mosquitoes do seem to be evolving defenses against what have been some of humanity’s most effective insecticides.
In this age of ubiquitous surveillance, there are no private lives: everything is public.
After two busy years, Virginia’s housing market slowed in 2022 and is now at pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
A rarely-seen Razorbill, also known as a Razor-billed Auk, was rescued January 17 in Virginia Beach and admitted to the center this week.
The outpatient clinic for the Cellular Immunotherapies and Transplant Program at VCU Massey Cancer Center in Richmond has moved to a new, larger space on the ground floor of VCU Health’s North Hospital.
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