State of Minority Health Forum was held at Buford Middle school to discuss better access to healthcare for minority communities.

Health officials have ordered vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market.

Move2Health Equity is hosting a hybrid event on Thursday called State of Minority Health.

The funding will help to address the gap between reimbursement rates through the Medicaid program and private insurance.

World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday.

In heat stroke, there will be a rapid rise in body temperature and an inability to cool down. Sweating will slow and may stop completely.

The scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine found patients who go to such appointments will lower their risk of needing an amputation by 36 percent.

The Senate has approved a sweeping expansion of health care and disability benefits for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan in response to concerns about their exposure to toxic burn pits.

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds in drinking water pose health risks at levels so low they cannot currently be detected.

The new Biograph Vision PET/CT scanner from Siemens reduces the time needed to get an image.

'Hoos Connected' was created in 2018, offering a one-credit class that teaches students about relationship-building skills.

The number of Virginia drug overdose deaths rose again in 2021, setting a record for a second year in a row.

Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia in the United States.

Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the United States.

A new study is drawing attention to a rise in poisonings in children involving the sleep aid melatonin.

As new abortion restrictions are imposed in some parts of the U.S., states with more liberal leadership have been passing laws to let a wider range of medical providers to do the procedures.

Around the world, there have been hundreds of confirmed cases in almost two dozen countries where the virus does not usually appear.

Suspected suicide attempts by poisoning among children rose nearly 26.7 percent from 2015 to 2020.

An estimated one in 500 people in the United States has at least one cavernous malformation, and 25 percent of those people will experience symptoms.

Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world.

Experts say they have no reason to believe that this tick season will be worse than normal, but tick-borne diseases like Lyme Disease are on the rise around the nation. 

A family is seeking justice after their loved one died of a fentanyl overdose, and officials are working on the issue, but say there's a lot that needs to be done for people who are already addicted.

The CDC is working with health departments and clinicians across the country, including Virginia.

The Comprehensive Stroke Center at the UVA Health System and Madison County EMS are working together to provide better outcomes for patients suffering from a stroke.

When desperate people can't obtain abortions near home, they reach out to groups like the Midwest Access Coalition.