The One Pill Can Kill initiative includes television and radio PSAs that will air across Virginia.

Virginia has also seen a 41 percent increase in flu-like illness and an 18 percent increase in respiratory illness in the last week.

A rash of suicides tied to the USS George Washington over the past two years forced a focus on mental health services within the Navy.

A rapidly intensifying flu season is straining U.S. hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.

Despite an influx of COVID-19 relief money, school districts across the country have struggled to staff up to address students' mental health needs that have only grown since the pandemic hit.

Thursday was Children’s Grief Awareness Day, and a representative from the Hospice of the Piedmont gave some advice on how to help children process the tragedy.

Respiratory illness season is here and experts shared just how harsh it has been.

There is no playbook to instruct how athletic departments are to respond to the tragic death of one of their athletes.

Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital has opened a new outpatient center in Charlottesville.

With less than two weeks to go before Thanksgiving, local health officials are warning about respiratory viruses. 

Viruses like the flu and RSV are spreading earlier than usual this season.

U.S. health officials say a food poisoning outbreak tied to deli meat and cheese has sickened 16 people in six states, including one who died.

Federal health officials are conducting a new study to determine whether veterans once stationed at a now-shuttered California military base were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins.

A medical breakthrough was found in Charlottesville in the form of a new blood test that will tell you if you're at risk for heart disease.

A new study suggests vaccinating pregnant women protects their newborns from the common but scary respiratory virus called RSV.

Millions of Americans can begin selecting their 2023 health insurance plans on HealthCare.gov on Tuesday.

Nov. 6 is the end of Daylight Saving Time, so clocks will go back one hour.

Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids ingrained in the nation's illicit drug supply are killing more people in the U.S. than any other drug has.

Pediatricians are seeing the flu earlier than in most years.
Typically flu season begins around early December, but it is here, and not leaving any time soon. 

Students in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine are facing tough choices about where to advance their training in a landscape where legal access to abortion varies from state to state.

Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian.

Researchers have found a molecule in the brain that may allow doctors to boost the body’s ability to fight neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis.

If mosquitoes love you, new research suggests it may be because of how you smell.

Wednesday evening the Women's Committee of the Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation held a meet and greet at the Dairy Market. This event is part of the month-long initiative called "Dairy Market Goes Pink."

World Mental Health Day was Monday, and K-12 schools have seen a spike in mental health issues among students.