Only 105,000 new doses of those coveted COVID-19 vaccines are making their way to the commonwealth per week. A drop in the bucket for a state with a population of over 8 million.
A new artificial intelligence program created by UVA Health researchers can now monitor high-risk coronavirus patients, as well as others in ICU, and alert nurses and doctors if life-threatening trouble may arise.
British officials say they are confident that the vaccines that have been authorized for use against COVID-19 will be effective against the new strain identified in the country.
The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out in the United States, the United Kingdom and other parts of the world so far require two shots given a few weeks apart.
Residents and staff who got the drug had up to a 57% lower risk of getting COVID-19 compared to others at the same facility who got a placebo, the drugmaker said.
Saga Cruise Lines announced passengers must be fully vaccinated, meaning they've received both doses of the vaccine at least 14 days before their departure.
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, lowering claims to 900,000, still a historically high level that points to further job cuts in a raging pandemic.
Ashcraft is encouraging the public to continue to contact the County office they might need to do business with by telephone or email during this time of closure.
Across Virginia, there have been major differences in how much help local health departments have received from hospitals and other private partners as well as the degree of coordination.
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s quick commitment to the WHO — whose response to the pandemic has been criticized by many, but most vociferously by the Trump administration — marks a dramatic and vocal shift toward a more cooperative approach to fighting the pandemic.
One researcher says there are even more things adults can do to prevent death from the virus, and it may start with getting our bodies to think like a child.
As students are preparing to make some really important decisions, guidance counselors are doing what they can to ensure students have the best shot at going to college.
The University of Richmond is going to start increasing COVID-19 prevalence testing, which will include asymptomatic people, to assess the virus on the campus.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney held a COVID-19 briefing Wednesday afternoon. The health department hopes to get to the rest of phase 1B people by the end of this month.
The future mother underwent an intensive therapy called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which is used for COVID-19 patients who are out of other options.
Chesterfield County Public Schools told its teachers and staff that there has been a delay in vaccinating most employees due to supply issues with the COVID-19 vaccine.
The panel concluded that "many countries took minimal action to prevent the spread (of COVID-19) internally and internationally." The pandemic has killed at least 2 million people worldwide so far.
The World Health Organization chief on Monday lambasted drugmakers’ profits and vaccine inequalities, saying it’s “not right” that younger, healthier adults in wealthy countries get vaccinated against COVID-19 before older people or health care workers in poorer countries.
Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold.
RHHD is clarifying, private school teachers will be vaccinated under Phase 1b, but at other vaccination events outside of this week's Richmond Raceway events.
The man was “scared to go home due to COVID,” and told authorities that he’d found a badge and that other passengers at the airport had given him food.
The couple had many plans for 2021, including getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Their friends hope their deaths serve as a stark message about the importance of the vaccine.
A Wisconsin woman is preparing to celebrate her 109th birthday next month now that she’s won a battle against COVID-19, which she contracted in December.
Several thousand registrations for an upcoming COVID-19 vaccine event at the Richmond Raceway have been canceled after residents not eligible for the event received an online signup link by mistake and used it to register.
The developments threatened to escalate tensions between the Trump administration and some states over who is responsible for the relatively slow start to the vaccination campaign.
During these clinics, COVID-19 vaccines will be administered to Commonwealth Senior Living at the West End and Commonwealth Senior Living at Chesterfield residents and associates.
The Biden plan comes as a divided nation remains caught in the grip of the pandemic’s most dangerous wave yet. So far, more than 380,000 Americans have died.
