Health & Wellness

UVA Health Children’s is the first hospital to have a successful treatment using CAR T-cell therapy for a pediatric cancer patient.

Children, seniors and those with heart or lung conditions are most susceptible to the air pollution caused by wildfires.

The program seeks to reduce re-injury rates of survivors of gun violence, offering bedside help, peer mentoring from workers who come from the same communities as patients, long-term support and resources. 

Betty Phillips, a nurse at the UVA Health plastic surgery clinic, is still doing what she loves with no plans to retire.

Distributions to hospitals are currently 3,500 units higher than expected, the organization announced. 

This year’s event is Monday at Albemarle Square Shopping Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The briefing intended to address a growing renormalization of smoking cigarettes among young people, which is a potential threat to the record low rates at which Gen Z is actually consuming the product.

After age and last January’s winter storm damaged the Orange Club’s garden, the Rapidan River Master Gardners and a few local businesses helped create a temporary garden for this summer.

The budget sent to Gov. Spanberger has $350 million for Medicaid reserve funds, to help Virginians who have seen their premiums go up, and $200 million to replenish the Commonwealth’s health insurance fund.

The death of a 9-year-old boy last week in Henrico County was a reminder of how important water safety is.