The legislation directs officials to assume certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure, helping veterans get disability payments.
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) awarded more than $83,000 in Education and Prevention grants to help reduce underage and high-risk drinking.
President Joe Biden is set to name top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to serve as the White House coordinators to combat the growing monkeypox outbreak.
The idea for the new building came after the pandemic forced many elders into isolation. The new space will allow them to socialize and access services.
The proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rules would declare salmonella an adulterant — a contaminant that can cause food-borne illness — in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products.
Since the beginning of the global outbreak of monkeypox, public health officials have struggled to share good information with at-risk people that doesn’t also create a stigma against certain populations.
The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling a scalp spray because it contains trace amounts of benzene, a chemical which can cause cancer with repeated exposure.
The effort is part of an executive order signed by President Joe Biden aimed at protecting access to abortion after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
Fraudulent phone calls cost consumers nearly $700 million last year, according to the newest data from the FTC. The latest attack is scammers posing as your doctors office and probing for critical information. Consumer Investigator Caresse Jackman gets advice to help you avoid what experts call “ID spoofing”.
Virginia’s community service boards have responded to a rising caseload during the pandemic. And like many other organizations they have faced a workforce shortage.
As a family in Catawba is navigating their daughter’s unexpected diagnosis of a rare disease, their alpaca farm has become quite the special place for them.
By The Associated Press and MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration despite a lack of consensus among members of WHO’s emergency committee.
The spread of monkeypox in the U.S. could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet be contained before it gets firmly established.
James Madison University hosted a group of high school students this week to try out a new navigation app and try to figure out whether college is a good fit for them.
