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Breaking barriers to healthcare, how the NRV delivers resources directly to those who need it
Read full article: Breaking barriers to healthcare, how the NRV delivers resources directly to those who need itThe Virginia Poverty Law center hosted a health fair Thursday in the New River Valley, bringing healthcare to those that need it most. Issues like food insecurity, loss of Medicaid coverage and lack of transportation are challenges facing many low and moderate-income families. The center said traditional health fairs have not been effective reaching those struggling individuals so Virginia poverty law center's Enroll Virginia is partnering with the Community Housing Program to offer these health fairs at all six properties this month.
Healthcare workers speak about mission trips to Gaza with Virginia Tech Carilion students
Read full article: Healthcare workers speak about mission trips to Gaza with Virginia Tech Carilion studentsThe panelists featured anesthesiologist Dr. Abdullah Brown, OR and ER nurse Lana, and urologist Dr. Mazen Hasan.
Wytheville Community College helps fill the gap in healthcare staffing with medical laboratory program
Read full article: Wytheville Community College helps fill the gap in healthcare staffing with medical laboratory programWytheville Community College’s Medical Laboratory Program is directly addressing the healthcare shortage in Southwest Virginia.
Roanoke non-profit receives $500k grant for in-patient hospice building project
Read full article: Roanoke non-profit receives $500k grant for in-patient hospice building projectGood Samaritan Hospice has received a massive grant to aid in its mission to help hospice patients around the Roanoke Valley.
Consumer Reports: Thousands of people undergo unnecessary procedures
Read full article: Consumer Reports: Thousands of people undergo unnecessary proceduresDuring the first ten months of the COVID-19 pandemic, even when most cities were on lockdown, Medicare was billed for over $100,000 in overused or unnecessary surgeries or procedures according to the non-profit Lown Institute.
Horizon Behavioral Health welcomes new psychiatric provider in Bedford
Read full article: Horizon Behavioral Health welcomes new psychiatric provider in BedfordOn Wednesday, the center announced a new Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner would be joining their team, which they say is now serving adults in the town of Bedford and Bedford County.
Carilion Clinic to introduce program for students who struggle with managing emotions, behavior
Read full article: Carilion Clinic to introduce program for students who struggle with managing emotions, behaviorCarilion Clinic in Roanoke is set to receive $230,000 as part of the donation, which UnitedHealthcare said they’ll use to introduce the Calm and Safe Classrooms counseling program.
Hundreds of pharmacy jobs open at Virginia Kroger stores
Read full article: Hundreds of pharmacy jobs open at Virginia Kroger storesThe store’s pharmacy jobs include pharmacists, which require a PharmD, and pharmacy technicians, which require a high school diploma or GED for applicants 18 years and older, Kroger said
‘The Gift of Mobility’: Salem orthopedic surgeon changes lives through non-profit
Read full article: ‘The Gift of Mobility’: Salem orthopedic surgeon changes lives through non-profitHeaded by women, the group continues to change lives around the world through free full knee replacement surgeries.
Senators introduce legislation on women’s rights to abortion, contraceptive access
Read full article: Senators introduce legislation on women’s rights to abortion, contraceptive accessOn Monday, Senators Tim Kaina, Lisa Murkowski, Kyrsten Sinema, and Susan Collins introduced the Reproductive Freedom For All Act to protect and prohibit further action in reproductive healthcare, according to a release.
Bradley Free Clinic in Roanoke hosts grand opening ceremony
Read full article: Bradley Free Clinic in Roanoke hosts grand opening ceremonyThe Robertson Behavioral Health Wing will offer services to low-income residents, including those without insurance. The expansion includes six new counseling rooms and group counseling spaces.
‘They miss it when it’s gone’: Addressing out-of-reach healthcare for thousands of Virginians
Read full article: ‘They miss it when it’s gone’: Addressing out-of-reach healthcare for thousands of VirginiansFor too many people living in our region, access to basic and emergency care is simply out of reach.
Martinsville opens new outpatient addiction treatment program
Read full article: Martinsville opens new outpatient addiction treatment programOn Thursday, Pinnacle Treatment Centers announced that they will be celebrating the opening of Martinsville Treatment Services with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 12.
Lynchburg man and living donor wife need your help during medical crisis
Read full article: Lynchburg man and living donor wife need your help during medical crisisCommunities across the nation can help this couple out – after his life was saved in 2017 through a liver transplant procedure, he is now facing emergency complications that put his life at risk, and medical expenses are piling up faster than ever.
Roanoke College partners with Carilion Clinic to advance education, workforce development
Read full article: Roanoke College partners with Carilion Clinic to advance education, workforce developmentIn a press release Monday, Roanoke College announced its partnership with Carilion Clinic to provide healthcare across the Roanoke Valley, as well as prepare students for future careers.
Centra honors frontline workers with 2nd annual Healthcare Heroes Parade
Read full article: Centra honors frontline workers with 2nd annual Healthcare Heroes ParadeFrontline workers gathered outside Lynchburg General and Virginia Baptist hospitals. Centra also held a similar event at Bedford Memorial Hospital.
Dunkin’ offering free coffee to healthcare workers Thursday for National Nurses Day
Read full article: Dunkin’ offering free coffee to healthcare workers Thursday for National Nurses DayDunkin’ wants to honor healthcare heroes for their continued work managing the coronavirus pandemic with a free cup of coffee on National Nurses Day.
Centra frontline workers reflect on one year of COVID-19 pandemic
Read full article: Centra frontline workers reflect on one year of COVID-19 pandemicLYNCHBURG, Va. – One year after COVID-19 hit our area, Centra Health leaders recalled Friday how the pandemic has impacted their care. But COVID-19 was a storm Centra couldn’t forecast, a health care hurricane forcing them to change course. A panel of frontline workers said looking back on a full year of the pandemic, they had to assess how they’d deal with the volume. Centra reports they finished summer 2020 with 45 positive cases, though another wave brought more patients and a record-high of 133 positive cases in January. While cases and COVID-related deaths are decreasing, Dr. Cook said the biggest challenge is making sure people maintain precautions as vaccines rollout.
Keep your Christmas lights up through January
Read full article: Keep your Christmas lights up through JanuaryWillie Johnson took this photo of the Christmas lights on Girvin Road. With the nice weather this weekend you may be thinking of taking your Christmas lights down but one big healthcare system wants you to keep them up. The parent company of LewisGale Medical Center in Salem and other LewisGale hospitals, HCA, is calling on everyone to keep lights up for healthcare heroes through January. As healthcare workers drive to or from their shift, the holiday lights will express support. HCA is calling upon every citizen, business, and community to keep their holiday lights up through January 31 to recognize those working in healthcare.
The Latest: India's downward trend in new cases continues
Read full article: The Latest: India's downward trend in new cases continues(AP Photo/Channi Anand)NEW DELHI — India has reported 48,648 new coronavirus cases, continuing a downward trend in infections even as the country’s caseload has crossed 8 million and is only behind the U.S. The country confirmed 808 new cases on Thursday, bringing the cumulative COVID-19 cases to 100,334, including 712 cases found on a cruise ship earlier this year, according to the ministry figures. About one-third of the cases come from Tokyo, where 221 cases were confirmed Thursday, bringing a prefectural total to 30,677, with 453 deaths. Italy added a record number of new confirmed cases Thursday at more than 26,000. ___LONDON — The World Health Organization says Europe had a record 1.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases in the last week and has reached 10 million of the 44 million global cases.