Health

“The potential for it to save lives is huge,” said Betsy Sink, battalion chief of EMS operations for the James City County Fire Department.

Portsmouth native Michael Marshall partners with nonprofits to offer counseling and reentry services after his own experience with incarceration.

Virginia has seen a surge in tick-borne illness, such as alpha-gal syndrome.

Kevin Shive is known as “Cat Daddy” at the Eastern Shore Regional Animal Control Facility, where volunteering has helped him recover from a brain injury. He’s also a member of Virginia’s Brain Injury Council.

Judges handling the thousands of lawsuits from sick veterans and family members have ordered lawyers to hammer out a mass settlement plan by the end of October.

Audrey Leishman wrote “Katie Koala’s Biggest Fight” after her own experience with sepsis to inform parents about sepsis symptoms.

Old Dominion University’s Minus 9 to 5 program will help six home-based childcare centers in the Eastern Shore community.

Virginia funds gun violence prevention programs that focus on direct outreach, but some national studies suggest firearm safety courses could also help.

The outbreak at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland started weeks after the military stopped requiring troops to receive flu shots.

"Overall, we are extremely pleased to see how the administration has met our values," Chelsea Higgs Wise with Marijuana Jusice said.