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To combat the serious threat that distracted driving poses to drivers on Virginia roadways, AAA launched a new, multi-year initiative today that aims to prevent deaths and injuries as a result of cell phone use by drivers.
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Dwight Shelton, who has served Virginia Tech in a variety of key administrative capacities over the past 40 years, has announced his retirement as the university’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer.
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Almost 70% of babies who died from sleep-related suffocation between 2011 and 2014 did so because of soft bedding, a new study reveals.
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A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile diarrhea has identified a new way that the bacteria – and possibly others like it – cause severe disease.
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Kelsey McMahon, a student who is passionate about social change and equality, focused her research on how and why juveniles are sentenced to serve time in adult prisons and jails.
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Education is the way to a good and happy life which is full of quality in it. Education plays the role of the knowledge developer and the skill provider and improviser in all the possible ways.
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The numbers are troubling. Recent studies claim that medical negligence is the third leading cause of death in the United States. The first two causes of death are heart disease and cancer.
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This week, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine will travel to the Shenandoah Valley, Southwest Virginia, and Charlottesville to discuss job training, education, and the opioid crisis.
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Augusta Health will celebrate 25 years of care to the community and kick-off the first of many celebrations on Friday, April 26 at a special gala event at Veritas Vineyards in Afton.
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Current estimates put the annual U.S. tally of injuries associated with equestrian sports around 50,000; head impacts account for the largest portion of that total.
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