As part of a settlement with a faith-based conservative group, officials will not discipline counselors who engage in talk ...

More children under the age of five have drowned in swimming pools in Virginia over the past 30 days than in each of the last ...

Since 2016, the Virginia Department of Health has confirmed 17 cases in the commonwealth, according to the study published in ...

When local health departments issue swim advisories at Hampton Roads beaches, it’s because they’ve determined the concentration of enterococci bacteria is too high. The bacteria is a ...

If you have plans to travel internationally and are not up to date on your measles vaccines, you need to give yourself time ...

The NiSource Charitable Foundation granted funds to approximately 20 Virginia volunteer fire departments, with nine located ...

Six young children have drowned in Virginia swimming pools since Memorial Day — and the summer has barely started, health ...

If you live in neighborhoods across Franklin, Suffolk, Isle of Wight, and South Hampton Roads, health teams will be walking, ...

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is changing how it tests for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) at lakes across the ...

With the recent heat wave in Central Virginia, the Virginia Department of Health has reported its numbers for emergency room ...

Virginia Department of Health reports record spike in heat-related illnesses with up to 85% increase on some days, marking ...

In the last three years, Virginia had nine pool drownings in children under 5 years old: three in 2024, two in 2023, and four ...