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Attorney General Mark Herring and attorneys general from 36 other states and territories sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding answers about the company’s business practices and privacy protections.
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The 2018 flu season has been especially rough on Americans — this year’s dominant viral strains have led to more hospitalizations and doctor visits than almost any other in the past decade.
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In the culmination of decades of research at the University of Virginia Health System, doctors have begun human testing of a drug they hope will one day save many lives among lung transplant recipients.
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The City of Charlottesville has scheduled a community forum for 17 candidates seeking positions on a new seven-member Police Civilian Review Board. The forum will be moderated by local mediation consultant Robert Garrity.
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To recruit more fishers to help with marine conservation, cast a wider net. This is the conclusion of a new study by Virginia Tech researchers who examined participation in a payment for ecosystem services program.
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A team of biomedical scientists led by Gregorio Valdez, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, has found that the motor neurons responsible for controlling muscle movement do not age. Rather, it’s the synaptic inputs connected to the motor neurons that age and cause bodily decay.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statements after Congress approved a $1.3 trillion spending bill to fund the federal government through September 30, 2018.
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Bridgewater College will celebrate 138 years of its founding on Tuesday, April 3, and will present three awards during the 11:15 a.m. convocation in Nininger Hall.
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Most of us know someone who suffers from the excruciating pain of a migraine. According to the Migraine Research Foundation, these headaches are the third most prevalent illness in the world and the sixth most debilitating.
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In a powerful statement on the need to reimagine higher education for today’s complex world, David Calhoun ’79, senior managing director for Blackstone and former CEO of Nielsen, has made the largest-ever gift to Virginia Tech’s Honors College.
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