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

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

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

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

The Virginia Department of Health has reported another case of potential measles exposure in Northern Virginia, this time at ...

Vermont has the second lowest state fatality rate in the US (148.2 per 100K; Hawaii 113.6/100K). Mississippi (465.8/100K) and ...

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.

The Virginia Department of Health will conduct a door-to-door survey in the Western Tidewater Health District next week as ...

With summer underway, families are making trips to the beach, lake or pool, but the Virginia Department of Health is urging parents to take precautions.

A recreational swimming advisory has been issued for Hoskins Creek and the Rappahannock River in Tappahannock from the Downing Bridge extending along the shoreline downstream to Wares Wharf.

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 ...