Virginia Department of Health offers the public tips to prevent drownings --- STAUNTON, Va. (WSET) — On World Drowning Prevention Day, the Central Shenandoah Health District (CSHD) is reminding families that residential pools are the leading location for accidental pool drownings [...]

Early voting starts today in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District to replace late Representative Gerry Connolly's seat.  --- Early voting kicked off for a special election in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District Friday, as contenders look to fill the seat left vacant by [...]

A new study from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is shedding light on a growing health crisis across the Commonwealth. --- RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new study from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is shedding light on a growing health crisis across [...]

Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), the state agency that oversees Virginia’s Medicaid program, says weeks after President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill was signed, they don’t know how cuts to Medicaid will affect the program in Virginia.  --- RICHMOND, Va. [...]

Syphilis cases climb in Virginia, as more babies are exposed during pregnancy --- Twenty-five years ago, when Cynthia Morrow worked in a New York public health office, a single case of congenital syphilis, where a baby is exposed to the infection [...]