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High Expectations, High Scores: Buena Vista’s Path to Progress
Read full article: High Expectations, High Scores: Buena Vista’s Path to ProgressBuena Vista Public Schools have significantly improved attendance and test scores by fostering strong relationships and community investment, climbing from 82nd to 38th in Virginia's school division rankings.
A deadly hurricane is the latest disruption for young athletes who already have endured a pandemic
Read full article: A deadly hurricane is the latest disruption for young athletes who already have endured a pandemicThe destruction from Hurricane Helene has disrupted the high school landscape throughout southern Appalachia.
CDC: Get vaccinated by Halloween for maximum protection by at least November
Read full article: CDC: Get vaccinated by Halloween for maximum protection by at least NovemberThe colder months are almost here and so are your chances of getting COVID, Flu, and RSV that’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it’s important to get your vaccinations.
New Covid vaccines available at local CVS locations
Read full article: New Covid vaccines available at local CVS locationsNewly updated covid vaccines that protect against the current variant are now available in Southwest Virginia at CVS locations. WSLS 10 anchor and health reporter Rachel Lucas talked to expert about the vaccine while receiving her updated shot.
Mother turns son’s suicide into call for awareness
Read full article: Mother turns son’s suicide into call for awarenessOne local mother is turning the tragedy of her son's suicide into a mission to raise awareness about teen depression and suicide, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and addressing mental health issues.
COVID-stricken Noah Lyles collapses after getting bronze, one of 8 US medals at Olympic track
Read full article: COVID-stricken Noah Lyles collapses after getting bronze, one of 8 US medals at Olympic trackNoah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters, falling to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, then collapsing on the track and being carted off in a wheelchair.
New York City's freewheeling era of outdoor dining has come to end
Read full article: New York City's freewheeling era of outdoor dining has come to endOutdoor tables saved thousands of New York City restaurants from ruin when they were forced to close their dining rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students, parents and staff weigh in on new Montgomery County Public Schools cell phone policy ahead of school year
Read full article: Students, parents and staff weigh in on new Montgomery County Public Schools cell phone policy ahead of school yearA Virginia Tech political expert tell us for many elections, the Vice President is not a major factor to swing voters, but with the recent events, she said people are now paying closer attention.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests positive for COVID. Vice President Harris has tested negative
Read full article: Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests positive for COVID. Vice President Harris has tested negativeSecond Gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms, his office announced Sunday, but his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, has tested negative and remains asymptomatic.
Norway starts stockpiling grain again, citing the pandemic, war and climate change
Read full article: Norway starts stockpiling grain again, citing the pandemic, war and climate changeThe Norwegian government has signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary.
Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 vaccine appeals from nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Read full article: Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 vaccine appeals from nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.The Supreme Court has rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F.
Bag of cash doesn't stop jurors from convicting 5 of 7 defendants in $40 million food fraud scheme
Read full article: Bag of cash doesn't stop jurors from convicting 5 of 7 defendants in $40 million food fraud schemeA jury has convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others in a scheme to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to steal more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children.
WHO member countries approve steps to bolster health regulations to better brace for pandemics
Read full article: WHO member countries approve steps to bolster health regulations to better brace for pandemicsThe World Health Organization says member countries approved new steps to boost global preparedness for pandemics like COVID-19 and mpox and better respond to dangerous outbreaks.
How compensation compares between Virginia staff and travel nurses
Read full article: How compensation compares between Virginia staff and travel nursesVivian Health used its proprietary data and BLS statistics to map differences in pay between registered travel and staff nurses in Virginia and across the U.S.
Alleghany Highlands Public Schools looking to combat chronic absenteeism with new survey
Read full article: Alleghany Highlands Public Schools looking to combat chronic absenteeism with new surveyAlleghany Highlands Public Schools has released a new survey for parents about school attendance practices in an effort to help students come to school on a more consistent basis.
Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help
Read full article: Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may helpMalaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine may help.
Kenyan doctors stop providing emergency services at public hospitals as strike enters second week
Read full article: Kenyan doctors stop providing emergency services at public hospitals as strike enters second weekKenyan doctors have stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week.
Get your health concerns answered for free at Roanoke health and wellness event
Read full article: Get your health concerns answered for free at Roanoke health and wellness eventGoing to the doctor can be dreadful, but at the Black Family Wellness Expo, you’ll be able to get all your health questions answered for free this Saturday at the Pilgrim Baptist Church starting at 9 a.m.
China's population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy
Read full article: China's population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policyChina’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in the second straight annual decrease as births dropped and deaths jumped.
Pulaski County Public Schools partner with tutoring service to recover learning lost
Read full article: Pulaski County Public Schools partner with tutoring service to recover learning lostPulaski County Public School officials have made it their mission to recover what learning was lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ex-UK leader Boris Johnson rejects notion he wanted to let COVID-19 'rip' through the population
Read full article: Ex-UK leader Boris Johnson rejects notion he wanted to let COVID-19 'rip' through the populationFormer Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in sometimes angry testimony to Britain’s inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, on Thursday defended himself against suggestions that his indifference and failure to heed the advice of scientists led to thousands of unnecessary deaths.
State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement
Read full article: State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlementThe state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its former vaccine leader over her firing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gates Foundation funding $40 million effort to help develop mRNA vaccines in Africa in coming years
Read full article: Gates Foundation funding $40 million effort to help develop mRNA vaccines in Africa in coming yearsThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing $40 million in funding to help develop messenger RNA vaccines in Africa.
Census Bureau valiantly conducted 2020 census, but privacy method degraded quality, report says
Read full article: Census Bureau valiantly conducted 2020 census, but privacy method degraded quality, report saysA new report says the U.S. Census Bureau’s career staffers valiantly conducted the 2020 census under unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
London's Gatwick Airport limits flights this week due to staff illness, including COVID-19
Read full article: London's Gatwick Airport limits flights this week due to staff illness, including COVID-19Gatwick Airport, London’s second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control.
More than a meal: Restaurant-based programs feed seniors' social lives
Read full article: More than a meal: Restaurant-based programs feed seniors' social livesA group of friends and neighbors meets for a weekly meal, choosing from a special menu of nutritious foods paid for by social programs meant to keep older adults eating healthy.
China won't require COVID-19 tests for incoming travelers in a milestone in its reopening
Read full article: China won't require COVID-19 tests for incoming travelers in a milestone in its reopeningChina will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travelers, a milestone in its reopening to the rest of the world after an isolation that began with the country's borders closing in 2020.
Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters
Read full article: Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudstersHundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.
New Zealand, whose pandemic response was closely watched, removes last of COVID-19 restrictions
Read full article: New Zealand, whose pandemic response was closely watched, removes last of COVID-19 restrictionsNew Zealand has removed the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, marking the end of a government response to the pandemic that was watched closely around the world.
German beer sales resume their downward trend after a post-COVID pickup
Read full article: German beer sales resume their downward trend after a post-COVID pickupOfficial figures show that German beer sales resumed a long-term downward trend in the first six months of this year after rallying in 2022 thanks to the end of most COVID-19 restrictions.
Spain calls an end to COVID-19 health crisis and obligatory use of masks in hospitals, pharmacies
Read full article: Spain calls an end to COVID-19 health crisis and obligatory use of masks in hospitals, pharmaciesThe Spanish government has declared an end to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and says people no longer have to wear masks in health and care centers as well as pharmacies.
Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, poll shows
Read full article: Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, poll showsConfidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a a partisan divide that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again
Read full article: As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention againAid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s attention back to Syria at an annual donor conference hosted by the European Union in Brussels for humanitarian aid to Syrians.
Court rules Austria can't be held liable for early COVID infection at ski resort
Read full article: Court rules Austria can't be held liable for early COVID infection at ski resortAn Austrian federal court says the state can’t be held liable for a COVID-19 infection from an outbreak at an Alpine ski resort as the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe The Supreme Court of Justice on Thursday announced its verdict in a long-running legal battle involving a German resident who traveled to Ischgl in March 2020 and visited several apres-ski venues before returning home six days later.
Now that the pandemic is ‘over,’ we want to know how it changed your life
Read full article: Now that the pandemic is ‘over,’ we want to know how it changed your lifeThe World Health organization declared earlier this month that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer an emergency, putting a three-year end to the virus that killed at least 7 million people and turned the world upside down.
Ukraine, Sudan conflicts fuel alarming surge in tuberculosis
Read full article: Ukraine, Sudan conflicts fuel alarming surge in tuberculosisTop U.N. officials and health industry leaders are demanding that the world invest more to develop new vaccines and tackle a surge in tuberculosis fueled by the impact of COVID-19 and conflicts including Ukraine and Sudan.
US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
Read full article: US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next weekThe Biden administration will end the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends.
Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study
Read full article: Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine studyAn analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more than getting the shot.
China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search
Read full article: China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus searchChinese health officials have defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic and other information earlier.
Top Bosnian government official convicted of abuse of office
Read full article: Top Bosnian government official convicted of abuse of officeA top Bosnian government official and two others have been convicted and given prison sentences over the procurement at highly inflated prices of inadequate medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Biden signs bill on COVID origins declassification
Read full article: Biden signs bill on COVID origins declassificationPresident Joe Biden has signed a bipartisan bill that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic.
China accuses US of attacking companies after export curbs
Read full article: China accuses US of attacking companies after export curbsChina has accused Washington of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds.
Nurse faces legal action for 'faking' Spanish kids' vaccines
Read full article: Nurse faces legal action for 'faking' Spanish kids' vaccinesA Spanish lawyer says 42 families in Spain are pursuing legal action against a nurse whom they allege faked the process of administering routine vaccines to their children.
Feds promise to trim backlog of health care investigations
Read full article: Feds promise to trim backlog of health care investigationsFederal officials say they’re working to cut down on a growing backlog of complaints lodged against health care providers and government agencies by patients who claim their civil rights or privacy have been violated.
Seoul lifts visa limits on short-term travelers from China
Read full article: Seoul lifts visa limits on short-term travelers from ChinaSouth Korea says it will remove the entry restrictions it placed on short-term travelers from China since the start of the year as officials see the COVID-19 situation in that country as stabilizing South Korea in early January stopped issuing most short-term visas at its consulates in China, citing concerns about a virus surge and the potential for new mutations.
EU court: Tourists may get refunds over COVID measures
Read full article: EU court: Tourists may get refunds over COVID measuresThe European Union's highest court says travelers whose package tours were ruined by the imposition of restrictions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic may be entitled to at least a partial refund.