Virginia Medicaid recipients on edge as GOP weighs cuts
With Trump back in office and funding in question, lawmakers scramble to protect health coverage for 630,000 Virginians
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After COVID-19, doctors urge citizens to make a primary care appointment
Doctors are urging community members to make regular primary care appointments on the heels of the pandemic. Richmond-Henrico Health District Director Dr. Elaine Perry reminds the public of the importance of regularly seeing a primary care physician. She said a lot of attention was previously on preventing the spread of
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Bill seeks to improve coverage for prostate cancer screenings
Health insurance companies may be required to update their coverage related to prostate cancer screenings under a bill that unanimously passed a key House of Delegates committee Thursday. “Virginia has the highest prostate cancer…rate and the second highest mortality rate for Black men in the nation,” Del. Terry Austin,
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2 children die from the flu in Virginia
Two Virginia children, including one from Central Virginia, have died from influenza, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The deaths occurred recently, though VDH officials did not specify exactly when. The child in Central Virginia was a teen between the ages of 13 and 17, while the other child
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NICU doctor sounded alarm about babies with broken bones. Why didn’t hospital call CPS right away?
Dominique Hackey and his wife received some startling news on Sept. 3, 2023, about one of their twin sons who was in the NICU at Henrico Doctors' Hospital. "A nurse was standing over Noah swaddling him, looked back and said I noticed his left leg wasn't
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