While respiratory illnesses like the flu typically trend higher in the winter months, COVID-19 is not totally seasonal. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate high or very high levels of COVID nationwide this summer. But with new vaccines expected to be available next month and the winter months on the horizon, […]
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine intended to address severe symptoms of the virus ahead of the cold and flu season. The new booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer follow a summer of increasing COVID-19 cases and are designed to better address the variants that are […]
This is the first part of a series on the mental health struggles of today’s generation of teenagers, the urgent need for more support in schools and how families can get help.
Of the roughly 2 million Virginians who’d been enrolled in Medicaid before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 480,000 of them have been disenrolled as of this August. Typically eligibility determinations are made annually, but they’d been on pause nationwide amid the pandemic due to federal policy. That’s changed over the past year in what’s colloquially referred […]
Hiram Davis Medical Center, a state-run facility in Petersburg, will close by 2027. The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services announced the start of the process Friday. The 50 year old building has had no major renovations since opening in 1974, and its design isn’t compatible with phased renovations. “The building design does […]
When it comes to identifying reasons for the rise in student anxiety, depression and suicide ideation, social media tops most lists. Educators and psychologists point to a cluster of consequences, from adolescents feeling they can’t match the online lives of others, to the ease and unrelenting nature of cyberbullying, to the loss of sleep that comes with late-night scrolling.
Deborah Panagos’ dog Charlotte is in training to be a therapy pet.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Rappahannock County Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Carol Johnson outside her office at RCPS administrative building in Washington, Va.
RCHS junior Carmen Pond in her mother Dani's office. Dani Pond is the long-serving director of school counseling.