Health

~ Press release issued by the Governor’s office on Aug.13 RICHMOND – Governor Ralph Northam today announced that the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) will conduct a pediatric coronavirus disease serology study in Northern Virginia. Interim […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, Aug. 12 — The Virginia Department of Health reported two more deaths related to COVID-19 in Shenandoah County on Tuesday. That brings the county’s pandemic death toll up to 46, and […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, Aug. 10 — Yesterday, Virginia only reported four deaths related to the current pandemic, but one was in Page County. On Sunday, the Virginia Department of Health reported the 25th death […]

~ Press release issued by the Lord Fairfax Health District WINCHESTER — On July 25, 2020, a raccoon involved in an altercation with several barn cats was made available to the health department. The event occurred […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, Aug. 7 — In the midst of what many thought would be the only peak in this pandemic, Virginia reached a height of 1,615 new cases of COVID-19 reported on May […]

~ Press release issued by Valley Health System WINCHESTER — Valley Health System announced last week that it has extended the Paycheck Protection Plan enacted in April to provide income security to employees during a time […]