With many politicians aiming toward the November general election, state legislators are evaluating their own results from this past General Assembly session.
Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro Habitat for Humanity, with some help from a professional setting crew and a very large crane, set a couple of houses on their foundations Wednesday morning.
A panel of independent experts who reviewed the World Health Organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.N. health agency should be granted “guaranteed rights of access” in countries to investigate emerging outbreaks.
The update says Augusta Health is ready and planning for the expansion of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination criteria to those aged 12 to 15 in its clinics as soon as approval and authorization are provided to the hospital.
A handful of cities started offering shots to children ages 12 to 15 on Tuesday after the Food and Drug Administration gave the vaccine emergency use authorization for that age group.
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Kids may soon be lining up outside of the the UVA Health’s vaccination center at Seminole Square. The FDA recently granted an extension of the authorization to administer the Pfizer vaccine to kids ages 12 to 15.
Virginia restaurants will soon be able to host more patrons, but establishments may not be able to accommodate more guests due to a shortage in workers.
More than 6.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the commonwealth, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health.
U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and to help them get the credits needed to graduate, amid an anticipated surge in the country’s dropout rate during the coronavirus pandemic.
Just 11% of people who remain unvaccinated say they definitely will get the shot, while 34% say they definitely won’t, according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That leaves a large swath of Americans in the middle who might still roll up their sleeves.
Many homebound people with limited mobility could have trouble getting to and from their COVID-19 vaccine appointments, so the Blue Ridge Health Department is stepping up with a new partnership program.
States are pushing the unemployed to return to work to help businesses large and small find the workers they need to emerge from the COVID-19 recession.
The Central Shenandoah Health District (CSHD) is teaming up with school nursing staff in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County this week to give out vaccines to students with consent from parents or guardians.
Babies are very vulnerable to diseases in their first few months, that’s why a doctor at UVA Medical Center is telling her patients to give your baby that extra layer of protection and get vaccinated while pregnant and breastfeed your baby after it’s born.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that her office “has just approved a contract for a guaranteed 900 million doses” with the same amount of doses as a future option.
The city’s medical examiner’s office said Friday that 750 bodies are being kept in long-term storage in refrigerated trailers at a Brooklyn pier while family members sort out plans for their final resting places.
The decision by a WHO technical advisory group — a first for a Chinese vaccine — opens the possibility that Sinopharm’s offering could be included in the U.N.-backed COVAX program in coming weeks or months and distributed through UNICEF and the WHO’s Americas regional office.
Many medical experts, opposition leaders and even Supreme Court judges are calling for national restrictions, arguing that a patchwork of state rules is insufficient to quell the rise in infections.
A majority of Virginia parents are willing to have their children vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a poll conducted by the Research Institute for Social Equity at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Some employees have left the restaurant industry for good amid the perils of the pandemic, which exposed workers to the coronavirus and uncooperative patrons.
Gov. Ralph Northam held a news briefing in Richmond with information on the status of COVID-19 cases, vaccine progress, and a reduction in restrictions for indoor and outdoor gatherings.
The move to support waiving intellectual property protections on vaccines under World Trade Organization rules marked a dramatic shift for the United States — and drew cheers from activists, complaints from Big Pharma, and a lot of questions about what comes next.
A brewery in the Shenandoah Valley recently received accolades from Governor Ralph Northam and Senator Mark Warner for its sustainable practices, specifically keeping tons of food from going to the landfill.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, a woman in her 80s with underlying medical conditions developed COVID-19 and was hospitalized more than 14 days after completing a vaccination series with the Pfizer vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that nearly 148 million people have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, with over 106 million fully vaccinated.
For many people, it’s helpful to have conversations with the doctors they trust because of years of building a relationship - their primary care physicians.
Several legal groups are now calling on Staunton City Council to reconsider the public’s ability to remotely attend meetings and speak virtually. They cite concerns with holding up the first amendment and complying with disability laws.
You can now just show up to the former JCPenney store in Albemarle County for a COVID-19 vaccine without an appointment. The change went into effect the week of May 3.
On Monday, the Staunton Sheriff’s Office announced the arrival of its new K-9 Deputy, and she’s a puppy. They are looking to Staunton’s Elementary students to help name her.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for young adults age 12 and older by next week, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year.
In the U.S., the average number of new cases per day fell below 50,000 for the first time since October, and nearly 1.67 million people were screened at U.S. airport checkpoints on Sunday.
Thousands of restaurants and bars decimated by the COVID-19 outbreak have a better chance at survival as the government begins handing out $28.6 billion in grants — money to help these small businesses stay afloat while they wait for customers to return.
Two White House officials say the U.S. trade representative will begin talks in the World Trade Organization on ways to overcome intellectual property issues that are keeping poorer countries from making their own generic version of critically needed COVID-19 vaccines.
A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India has killed 18 patients as the country grappling with the worst outbreak yet steps up a vaccination drive for all its adults even though some states say don’t have enough jabs.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden’s administration made the determination on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The reopening and similar steps elsewhere around the country reflect increasing optimism as COVID-19 deaths tumble and the ranks of the vaccinated grow.
