A lightning strike caused 400,000 gallons of “partially treated sewage” to enter an Essex County creek on Wednesday. Health ...

Richmond has formally pledged that it is fully addressing the issues at its water treatment plant that led to the city’s second boil water advisory in just six months.

Blacklegged ticks and Lone Star ticks carry diseases in Virginia. They live in the forest leaf litter or in shaded, grassy areas. Ticks do not climb high on vegetation, so they must hitch a ride by ...

The Virginia Department of Health kicked off its 2025 community health assessment in the Western Tidewater Health District.

Vermont has the second lowest state fatality rate in the US (148.3 per 100K; Hawaii 113.6/100K). Mississippi (465.9/100K) and ...

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Family Assistance (BFA), announced it will begin accepting applications for the 2025 School ...

The (VDH) is requesting public assistance to further its understanding of tick ecology in Virginia. The goal is to better ...

Chocolate recalled in eight states as "life-threatening" warning issued Bush, Obama, Bono bid farewell to USAID: ‘Colossal ...

Six children under the age of 5 have drowned since Memorial Day.

A nurse out of Wise County is the first Southwest Virginia nurse to ever win the Virginia Department of Health or VDH Nurse of the Year Award.

The Virginia Department of Health announced they are investigating a third measles case that has occurred in the Commonwealth in 2025 on Thursday.

The Virginia Department of Health has announced a change in how it will issue swim advisories due to harmful algal blooms, and a Smith Mountain Lake group is saying it may reduce protections for ...