Health

U.S. combat medical troops are learning from their counterparts in Ukraine about the challenges drones have brought to the battlefield.

Updated: It is still legal to grow, consume, possess and gift cannabis.

“The big picture is for people in every community to have some insight into what it might be like to live even a few hours in the shoes of someone who is living in poverty,” said Bee Darrow, Virginia Cooperative Extension Family Focus coordinator.

Amid hiring issues, the VA has yet to appoint a permanent director for the Hampton Veterans Health Care system.

The disparity between Black and white people was especially stark when temperatures dipped to the low teens.

In Hampton Roads, people 55 and older make up about a third of the homeless population.

Virginia is the second U.S. state to approve “balcony solar.” Other bills will protect workers from heat exhaustion and better manage energy demand.

Changes to TRICARE drug coverage are an attempt to provide more choices.

AI tools are helping decrease food waste for grocery stores, but it also means fewer donations of fresh produce to pantries.

The Virginia Department of Health opened an additional 250 acres of water for commercial harvesters, who mostly raise oysters through aquaculture.