Poking along

By Geremia Di Maro With the one-year anniversary of COVID-related shutdowns just a few weeks away, many people in the area and around the country have a pressing question on their minds: When will we be vaccinated? Though distribution in the commonwealth began slowly, Virginia now ranks seventh out of 50 states in percent of […]

Not immune: Vaccine-preventable diseases are coming back

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 the importance of immunization are not sinking in. In just the first two months of 2019, the U.S. has seen five outbreaks of measles–a highly […]