Respiratory viruses are at high levels and rising in VA, the latest health data shows. The state has seen 2 pediatric flu deaths this week.

The number of emergency department visits is continuing to grow. Most areas in Southwest Virginia are seeing an increase in all three viruses; however, more people need treatment for RSV. RSV affects children more than anyone, but the number of adults getting it this winter is growing.

Health care professionals have confirmed whooping cough outbreaks in West Virginia and Ohio.Four cases have been reported at Hurricane High School and additiona

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week.

Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month and the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) is encouraging community members to take action against cervical cancer.

Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases,

Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

Anti-vaccine bills pop up across the US ahead of RFK Jr’s confirmation hearing - Vaccination rates against dangerous childhood infections like measles and polio continue to fall nationwide

As per the latest data by WHO, from the pandemic's onset until November 10, 2024, over 776.8 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 7 million deaths were reported across 234 countries.

CDC testing data for the same period reveals that 6.6 percent of COVID-19 tests came back positive, with Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin seeing the highest test positivity rates of any region at 8.9 percent.