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Riverside to open Virginia’s 1st psychiatric emergency department …

WebRiverside Psychiatric Emergency Department cost more than $14 million. Newport News provided $3 million and Hampton has provided $2.5 million so far, with …

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‘Long-haul COVID’ in Hampton Roads: How patients and doctors …

WebMayo, 50, is one of an untold number of Hampton Roads residents suffering from so-called “long-haul COVID” or “long COVID.” They contract COVID-19, and …

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Hampton Roads healthcare providers recommend masks in …

WebOn Jan. 25, Hampton Roads health systems strongly recommended wearing masks inside all medical facilities, from hospitals to doctors’ offices, during a recent rise in respiratory …

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Hampton behavioral health center breaks ground on new facility

WebThe ground-breaking ceremony for Hampton’s new Crisis Receiving Center, named BJ Roberts Behavioral Health Center after the city’s former long-time sheriff, on …

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Health sciences program for Virginia high schoolers returns

WebThe Virginia Department of Education is relaunching a health sciences program this summer. The Summer Residential Governor’s School for Medicine and …

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Hampton Roads access to mental health care expands

WebApril 21, 2024 at 10:04 a.m. Dr. Juan Montero has helped improve access to health care for people throughout the world for decades. “Now, the entire Hampton …

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New drug treatment center opens to serve Newport News area

WebChristopher Bailey of Pinnacle Treatment Centers speaks during a ceremony celebrating the opening of a new addiction treatment center in Newport News Thursday …

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Editorial: Hampton, Newport News take aim at climate change and …

WebDowntown Hampton and areas of Newport News were among 10 census tracts in Hampton Roads designated last fall by the Federal Emergency Management Agency …

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Virginia budget proposal: Free health clinics expected to receive

WebThe network of Virginia free clinics may receive its largest funding increase since 2016 to help with a growing need for services, although the bump was less than …

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Peninsula Health Center begins move into former Stratford …

WebThe health center will be moving to the former Stratford University building at 836 J Clyde Morris Blvd. beginning Sept. 15. The move is the culmination of planned …

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Sentara's insurance arm under federal investigation

WebThe Department of Justice is looking into whether Sentara's insurance arm overcharged patients for their Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in 2018 and …

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Column: Three critical actions needed to address local physician

WebSome critical actions needed to solve this crisis: First, a comprehensive study by the joint Old Dominion University-Norfolk State University-Eastern Virginia Medical …

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Column: Taking action on the Black maternal health crisis

WebApril 6, 2024 at 6:05 p.m. The Black maternal health crisis is real. Black women die from pregnancy-related complications at a rate three times higher compared to white women …

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Johns Hopkins researchers make progress in developing blood …

WebJohns Hopkins researchers say they’re getting closer to developing a blood test that would identify changes in the brain associated with psychiatric and neurological …

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WTKR anchor Kurt Williams on relentless crusade for cancer …

WebSince being diagnosed with prostate cancer in December, WTKR News 3 anchor Kurt Williams has been on a relentless crusade to promote greater cancer …

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He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital. Now he’s …

WebAnn Picha-Lillard died at DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in Commerce Township, Michigan, in November 2022 at age 65. Months earlier, nurses and doctors at …

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Virginia psychiatric hospitals overburdened by patients referred

WebThe Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission has concluded Virginia’s psychiatric hospitals are overwhelmed by an increasing number of forensic patients and …

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Columns: Hospitals face higher costs. Insurance companies must …

WebAnthem (Elevance Health) recorded almost $6 billion in profit last year alone. Because the goal of an insurance company is to earn as much profit as possible, the …

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Virginia delegate hopes to end state’s high Black maternal …

WebMost maternal deaths were preventable, doctors say. Factors that shape Black motherhood include racial bias in health care, underlying health conditions and …

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Patients reported sexual abuse by medical providers. Health care

WebOver the course of a yearlong investigation, the Chicago Tribune found that well-known Illinois health systems have allowed workers accused of abusing patients to …

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Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes …

WebPresident Joe Biden’s administration is again delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes. Anti-smoking advocates are upset about the delay, but the …

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Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have …

WebThe announcement is another setback for the health officials at the Food and Drug Administration, who drafted the ban and predicted it would prevent hundreds of …

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Column: Idaho’s abortion ban is based on delusion and myth

WebSaving a pregnant woman’s life sounds like a no-brainer, yet Idaho’s draconian abortion law put that question before the U.S. Supreme Court, Bloomberg …

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Half-billion dollars in construction planned at Portsmouth's …

WebAround 40 projects, totaling $520 million under contract, are in progress at the Portsmouth shipyard, Edelson said. By the time the Navy program outlines the shipyard’s …

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