The new bivalent COVID-19 booster shot – designed to protect recipients against multiple variants of COVID-19, including the currently dominant omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants – is now available at some local physicians’ offices, as well as CVS and Walgreens stores, among other spots. Doses also will be available through
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The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts are beginning to vaccinate certain people who may be at higher risk of monkeypox exposure Wednesday, agency officials said. The agency received about 160 JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccines July 19 and will be vaccinating people at higher risk who have not yet had contact with
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After a three month vacancy, the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts soon will have a new health director. Elaine Perry will join RHHD as director July 10, allowing acting director Melissa Viray to move back to her previous role as deputy director. Perry is a board-certified preventive medicine physician who
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Hoping to increase awareness about opioid overdoses, the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts have partnered with other local health districts to create the Metro Richmond Spike Alert, a system that will notify the general public when spikes in opioid overdoses occur. A spike may signify the presence of illegal or
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Richmond and Henrico Health Districts Director Danny Avula is leaving his position to become the director of the Virginia Department of Social Services, local and state officials announced Friday. Avula was named to the new role by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. He will be replaced at the RHHD beginning next
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