When University of Virginia neuroscientist Harald Sontheimer shared this year’s International Prize for Translational Neuroscience with Stanford’s Michelle Monje, publicity about the award created the impression of a partnership. The […]
As of September 10, Virginians 18 years and older with at least one underlying condition, and everyone over 65 years old, can obtain a 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine without a prescription. […]
In the three years since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision that ended federal abortion protections, the Blue Ridge Abortion Fund has spent more money than in the previous […]
The University of Virginia Medical Center is not just one of Newsweek’s top 50 hospitals in the country (and No. 1 in the state), it is the only Level I […]
Local high school student Vidya Ambati has potentially saved pharmaceutical researchers several years and billions of dollars in the fight against arthritis, and the breakthrough comes with at least one […]
Dee Dee Hallock moved to Charlottesville from Florida after her son Nicholas fell ill. He began having issues walking in the fall of 2019. Within six weeks, he was fully […]
Since Virginia legalized marijuana in 2021, laws surrounding the drug have been hazy. Though adults 21 and over can legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up […]
After two-and-a-half years of living with COVID-19, many of us carry a sense of dread when the temperatures drop. Will winter coronavirus, colds, flus, and other infections rise as we […]
As measles make a comeback in pockets of the United States, a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Charlottesville in recent years has some local health experts worried that messages about […]
New Year’s resolutions losing steam? (Or maybe you didn’t make any to begin with?) As we come to the end of a long, cold January, it’s not too late to make […]