Newport News-based ivWatch wins regional award, advances to global competition for $1 million
Innovate Hampton Roads partnered with the city of Virginia Beach to host the qualifying competition...
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Peninsula nonprofit focused on nursing home advocacy opens office, partners with CNU
Dignity for the Aged — a nonprofit that aims to improve long-term care facilities and...
CDC sees link between overdoses, other mental health disorders
About 80 percent of the overdose deaths involved opioids.
Youth football safety debate is rekindled by the same-day deaths of 2 young players
A 13-year-old's death, and the death of a 16-year-old high school player from a brain...
Helping a minor travel for an abortion? Some states have made it a crime
Proponents of the laws argue they’re needed to protect parental rights and to prevent other adults from...
Her life was at risk. She needed an abortion. Insurance refused to pay
Insurance coverage for abortion care in the U.S. is a hodgepodge. Patients often don’t know...
Wegovy reduced COVID deaths in obese patients, study shows
Wegovy reduced deaths and illness from COVID in a large study that took place during...
![GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and said Friday that the agency’s first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days. To date, Africa has received just a tiny fraction of the vaccines needed to […]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/APTOPIX_Congo_Mpox_72782_da573c.jpg?w=132 "GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and said Friday that the agency’s first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days. To date, Africa has received just a tiny fraction of the vaccines needed to […]")
Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks...
Virginia Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly outbreak broke food safety rules dozens of times, records show
The plant tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations, including instances...
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With only gloves to protect them, farmworkers say they tend sick cows amid bird flu
Agricultural health and safety experts have been trying to get the word out about how...