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Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 4:43 PM EDT
|By Dominga Murray
With many COVID-19 treatments now available, a simple blood test can show doctors the best route to take.
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Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Isabel Cleary
If you have managed to avoid the virus, it’s time for the new booster.
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Updated: Aug. 28, 2022 at 12:36 PM EDT
|By Anahita Jafary
New numbers from the CDC say the three out of every four kids in Virginia has already had COVID-19, even if their parents never knew it.
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Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 12:02 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
Virginia has reached over 2 million COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in March 2020, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
New data from The Virginia Hospital and Health Care Association reveals how the Omicron wave impacts Virginia hospitals.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2022 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By Anahita Jafary
The University of Virginia is making sure its students and faculty are taking safety precautions against COVID-19 as the semester gets ready to start.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:49 PM EDT
|By Anahita Jafary
UVA Health is working on a treatment that targets an allergic immune response to the coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Madison McNamee
A doctor with the University of Virginia is weighing in on the effectiveness of Paxlovoid, a drug that help treats COVID-19
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 11:19 PM EDT
|By Desiree Montilla
In May and June, Buford Road Pharmacy said they've seen an uptick in Paxlovid prescriptions to fill more than several months after the FDA gave the green light for emergency use of the pill.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 11:07 PM EDT
|By Madison McNamee
COVID-19 case numbers are rising and for some of those infected, it’s not their first time.
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Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 9:58 PM EDT
|By WILL WEISSERT, CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM
Biden met Friday via videoconference with his top economic team.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 1:05 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
VDH expects the vaccine to be available by the middle of August.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 9:56 AM EDT
|By CNN
The rapidly spreading BA.5 subvariant is now causing about 80% of new COVID-19 infections in the U.S., according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 6:01 PM EDT
|By Desiree Montilla
BA.5 has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 across the country and Virginia.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 6:03 PM EDT
|By Macy Moors
Parents and central Virginia schools react to Governor Glenn Youngkin’s updated quarantine guidance for schools.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Dryden Quigley
Fifty localities throughout Virginia currently have high COVID transmission rates, and UVA health says that this number could grow in the near future.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 5:09 PM EDT
|By Anahita Jafary
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths are on the rise in Virginia, according to AARP.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 6:18 AM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced updated COVID-19 quarantine guidance for asymptomatic exposures in schools, child care and camp settings.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By Bria Stith
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has been delisted from 2022′s U.S. News & World Report ranking of best graduate schools.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 5:40 PM EDT
|By Madison McNamee
An Omicron-specific vaccine for could be here as early as this fall.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 5:46 PM EDT
|By Madison McNamee
Doctors at UVA Health say there are three big reasons why you should still order your government provided COVID-19 tests.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom and Henry Graff
The visit comes after the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine for children under five last month.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 6:58 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
In-person visitation has been temporarily suspended at two Virginia correctional centers due to COVID-19 outbreaks.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 1:00 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
In a letter obtained by NBC12, the governor says the vaccine directive "is not in the best interest of Guard readiness."
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 9:39 AM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
The Richmond-Henrico Health Districts said COVID-19 cases are trending down in the city.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 6:19 PM EDT
|By Sarah Bloom
Both vaccines are said to be safe and effective, but there are differences in the guidelines for each.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Henry Graff
Virginia’s Health Department says shipments of COVID-19 vaccines for those under the age of five began arriving Monday and shipments will continue to arrive throughout the week.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 11:29 AM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
If a person is exposed to COVID-19, but has tested positive for and recovered within the last 6 months, or is up to date on vaccines, that person will no longer be recommended to quarantine.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT
|By Madison McNamee
Your negative at-home COVID-19 test might not mean anything now. More doctors are questioning the accuracy of these tests.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 9:55 AM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
Several Richmond schools have graduations on June 14 and 15.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 7:13 PM EDT
|By Riley Wyant
Even after a widespread availability of vaccines and booster shots, the city of Richmond, Henrico County and Chesterfield County are now seeing levels of high community transmission, according to the CDC.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 2:30 PM EDT
|By Rachel Hirschheimer
A fourth COVID-19 shot is being considered by the Food and Drug Administration.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 5:08 PM EDT
|By Rachel Hirschheimer
Test To Treat is a federally-supported online resource that shows you where to get free COVID-19 medication near you.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
The Virginia Department of Health says the rate of positivity on PCR tests is 18%.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 5:19 PM EDT
|By Dominga Murray
Some people are questioning how accurate at-home tests are as the coronavirus continues to create new variants. Dr. Amy Mathers with UVA Health clarifies.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 2:49 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
VDH says the positivity rate on PCR tests is now 17.6%.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Madison McNamee
While COVID-19 hospitalizations are up, ICU patient numbers are not.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 1:31 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
VDH says the positivity rate on PCR tests is now at 15.6%.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 11:56 AM EDT
|By Joi Bass
Richmond and Henrico Health Districts is now offering COVID-19 booster shots for children ages 5-11.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 3:52 PM EDT
|By Henry Graff
Richmond and Henrico’s COVID-19 case count is climbing, potentially moving into new CDC community levels.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 6:52 PM EDT
|By Emily Yinger
Locally, the CDC is now reporting that Henrico County has moved to the medium COVID-19 transmission level joining Hanover, Chesterfield, Petersburg, and Powhatan counties. Richmond City is still in low transmission but could increase over the next few weeks, according to the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 1:05 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
The Virginia Department of Health says several changes are coming to the COVID-19 website starting Thursday, May 19.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 1:41 PM EDT
|By Henry Graff
Trying to avoid scenes of long lines and frustrations while trying to find COVID-19 testing, state and local health leaders are ramping up testing efforts once again.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 10:16 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
Richmond city leaders gathered at Powhatan Hill Park on Tuesday to honor the lives of those who have died due to COVID-19 over the past two and a half years.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By Riley Wyant
A new report out of VCU found that coronavirus patients with the Omicron variant are less likely to develop loss of smell and taste.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 12:37 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
A look at COVID-19 in Virginia.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 8:38 AM EDT
|By Kate Masters | Virginia Mercury
For the first time since February, Virginia’s percent positivity — the percentage of lab-tested COVID-19 samples that come back positive — has risen above 10 percent.
Updated: May. 1, 2022 at 8:51 PM EDT
|By Madison McNamee
You’re going to have to be extra careful next time you go shopping for an at-home COVID-19 test.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2022 at 7:40 AM EDT
|By Elizabeth Holmes
Doctors at UVA Medical Center say they are seeing a steady decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations. At a media briefing Friday morning, there is one adult and one pediatric patient being treated with COVID-19 there.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By NBC12 Newsroom
The CDC released a statement Friday saying COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States after heart disease and cancer.