Dr. Melina Kibbe is currently chief health affairs officer at UVA Health and dean of the University of Virginia School of ...

Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a Notice of Violation to Hopewell’s wastewater treatment plant six months prior to Friday night’s massive discharge of raw sewage.

UVA Health is home to nine of the nation’s top medical specialty programs, according to Newsweek magazine. (University ...

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is raising awareness for sun safety as part of Ultraviolet (UV) Protection Month this July.

North Carolina's stricter abortion law, which took effect in July 2023, bans most abortions past 12 weeks in pregnancy. The ...

A toddler drowned in a Henrico County pool Saturday night. This tragedy is one among many in Virginia this year, per state health officials, as small children are drowning at a higher rate.

The Virginia Department of Health says since Memorial Day, six children under the age of five have drowned, and summer isn't ...

A provision in Congress’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed by President Donald Trump would block Medicaid payments for ...

The following story is part two of a two-part series examining the devastating impact of black lung disease on the lives of southern West Virginia coal miners and the complications they face when ...

So far, state and Hopewell officials say the sewage spill has not interrupted drinking-water supply or home water use. Just ...

Health officials are warning people and their pets to avoid parts of the James River and Gravely Run Creek in Hopewell after untreated sewage is being released.

The elected leaders of Berkeley County Schools will continue to follow West Virginia’s law requiring certain immunizations ...