UVA Health reports a decline in adult opioid and THC poisonings, but THC exposures among young children remain high as they ...

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

The UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center reported a decrease in opioid and THC edible cases in 2024. Despite an overall ...

Virginia legislation would allow localities to incorporate social determinants of health such as poverty and access to fresh ...

Community health centers are facing a potential federal freeze on their grants and funding following orders from Trump.

Brown is stuck in a frustrating gap: she earns too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to receive employer-sponsored ...

President Donald Trump’s bid to remake the federal government is already affecting some vulnerable populations in the United ...

A Richmond family has joined several others nationwide in suing President Donald Trump and his administration over an executive order that aims to prevent those under 19 from getting ...

Arming every school with a school nurse would go a long way in casting a wider mental health safety net for students.

The Democratic-led Virginia statehouse shepherded a slew of bills previously vetoed by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin in a ...

Several years in the making, a project designed to tackle the growing mental health crisis and affordable housing has received the green light from Virginia Beach City ...