
University of Virginia School of Medicine earns national diversity award
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has earned a national award for its “outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion” for the ninth consecutive year.

The University of Virginia School of Medicine has earned a national award for its “outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion” for the ninth consecutive year.

Speak louder, shout if you have to — that’s how Kristin Rice has been communicating with others, particularly while outdoors, with half of her face covered by a mask.

Cancer remodels the architecture of our chromosomes so the disease can take hold and spread, researchers at the University of Virginia have revealed.

COVID-19 positive tests in the Staunton-Waynesboro-Augusta, Harrisonburg-Rockingham and Charlottesville-Albemarle areas are trending generally below state numbers, and well below national numbers, according to our analysis.

Some Virginia wine enthusiasts believe the state’s vineyards produce wines on par with the Napa and Rhone valleys.

What’s the environmental impact of all the single-use PPE we are throwing away now in huge numbers as a result of responding to the COVID-19 crisis?

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) have introduced legislation to improve and modernize the ATF in order to strengthen gun safety.

Climate Action Alliance of the Valley produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News.

One Minute for Earth-Giving the Planet a Voice on November 3rd is a collaboration hosted by Earth Day Every Day of Harrisonburg and Climate Action Alliance of the Valley to share local citizen perspectives on issues related to the environment.

Striped bass can’t get a break, it seems. With their East Coast population in decline from overfishing, the migratory species had mixed success reproducing in the Chesapeake Bay this year, surveys show.
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