Health & Wellness
3 months ago
UVA Health’s Community Paramedicine team enhanced by Carter Myers donation

UVA Health’s Community Paramedicine team is getting boost from the donation of a new vehicle by Carter Myers Automotive.

Health & Wellness
3 months ago
UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center receives $13 Million to battle deadliest blood cancer

NCI funding advances efforts against acute myeloid leukemia.

Health & Wellness
3 months ago
Food Pharmacies are helping support wellness in the region

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank supports 30 food pharmacies around the region.

Pain Management
3 months ago
Ask the Expert: Understanding regenerative medicine therapies

At Advanced Pain Management of Virginia, Dr. Scott Wagner and his team explore new, alternative ways to alleviate pain using regenerative medcines.

Health & Wellness
4 months ago
Charlottesville Free Clinic ‘a model for what all of healthcare could be’

But looming Medicaid cuts could make the work the clinic does more difficult if it leads to an influx of new patients in need of care.

National
4 months ago
Optimistic Sen. Kaine sees path to avoiding government shutdown

During a visit to Charlottesville, Sen. Kaine said alleviating cuts to Medicaid and healthcare funding is at the heart of the Democrats alternative plan.

Health & Wellness
4 months ago
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank receives 80,000 pounds of chicken from Perdue

Perdue’s donation is part of an 800,000-pound gift to food banks along the east coast.

Albemarle County
4 months ago
Silent auction seeks to raise funds for Darden Towe pickleball complex

Central Virginia Pickleball is working to raise fund to convert Darden Towe Park’s racquet sports courts into a dedicated pickleball facility.

Man donates blood at a Red Cross event
Albemarle County
4 months ago
Red Cross to host blood drive to spread awareness of Sickle Cell Disease

The “mega blood drive” will take place Saturday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Jefferson School City Center. Its organizers hope to use it as an opportunity to spread awareness about the disease, which impact more than 100,000 people in the United States.

NICU Read-a-thon
Charlottesville City
4 months ago
UVA cheerleaders join in UVA Health’s NICU Read-a-thon

Two UVA Cheerleaders visited the medical center’s NICU unit to reach to babies and their families as part of the annual competition.