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Mental health crisis team in Newport News among 1st in Virginia …

WEBThe Community Assistance Response program, called CARE, places trained paramedics and mental health professionals at the forefront of calls for service when a …

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Riverside to open Virginia’s 1st psychiatric emergency department …

WEBRiverside Psychiatric Emergency Department cost more than $14 million. Newport News provided $3 million and Hampton has provided $2.5 million so far, with …

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Riverside Health breaks ground on new mental health emergency

WEBIan Munro, [email protected], 757-861-3369, @iamIanMunro. Riverside Health plans to open a first-in-the-region emergency room for those in a …

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Commentary: Minority Health Month is a time to raise awareness …

WEBApril is Minority Health Month, a time to acknowledge and raise awareness about health disparities among historically disadvantaged minority …

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New psychiatric unit for teens in crisis opens in Newport News

WEBAcute Care Center at Newport News Behavioral Health Center is located at 17579 Warwick Blvd., Newport News. Call 757-888-0400 or 1-800-697-0999 to make a …

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Hampton’s first behavioral health docket, an alternative court …

WEBInstead, that run-in with the law is what turned things around. The assault charge landed the 36-year-old in Hampton’s new mental health court program.

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Virginia faces a severe shortage of child and adolescent …

WEBVirginia is in a severe shortage with just 264 CAPs in the state as of 2019, the most recent data available. That means on average there are 14 CAPs available per …

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Old and in the wrong place: Why Hampton VA hospital’s future is …

WEBThe plan itself faces significant political opposition — a group of senators have vowed to block it. The VA, meanwhile, said it is still committed to modernizing its …

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Health foundation grants focus on supporting mental health …

WEBAmong the 2022 grant recipients for behavioral health care programs were Bacon Street Youth and Family Services, Center for Child & Family Services, Colonial …

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Savvy Senior: Recommended vaccines for Medicare recipients

WEBThe CDC recommends seniors, 65 and older, get a high-dose flu shot for extra protection beyond what a standard flu shot offers. The Fluzone High Dose …

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Editorial: Hampton, Newport News take aim at climate change and …

WEBBy The Virginian-Pilot And Daily Press Editorial Board. With help from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Hampton and Newport News are embarking on an ambitious …

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Cicadas are soon coming to Virginia. The question is where.

WEBA cicada from Brood IX in Carroll County in 2020, which looks just like the cicadas that will emerge with Brood XIX. The cicadas are black with red-orange eyes …

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Virginia delegate hopes to end state’s high Black maternal …

WEBIn Virginia, the Black maternal mortality rate is about two times greater than white women, according to VCU Health. Infants born to Black women pass away up to …

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I-64 East drivers will soon divert to HRBT's new bridge portion

WEBDrivers on I-64 East will soon divert to HRBT’s newly opened bridge portion. Traffic heads east on I-64 through the South Island of the Hampton Roads Bridge …

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Column: Help aging patients by focusing on ‘what matters most’

WEBTo create an age-friendly health system, define “what matters most” to patients and families, Michael Layne, M.D., Annie Rhodes, Ph.D., and Daniel Bluestein, …

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A teenager’s pleas for help were ignored until…

WEBThe first 911 call that sent medics to the Newport News Behavioral Health Center at 6:38 p.m. on June 29, 2018 came from a 15-year-old patient. Raven Nichole …

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Sentara's insurance arm under federal investigation

WEBThe Department of Justice is looking into whether Sentara's insurance arm overcharged patients for their Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in 2018 and …

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JCC psychiatric, rehabilitation facility expansion approved

WEBThe expansion is intended to address “the increasing demand for the need for mental health care and services in the community in large part due to the ongoing …

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Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have …

WEBMore than 11% of U.S. adults smoke, with rates roughly even between white and Black people. But about 80% of Black smokers smoke menthol, which the FDA says …

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New outpatient clinic for veterans coming to Western Branch in

WEBA new outpatient medical clinic for local veterans will put down roots in the Western Branch community next year. The Chesapeake City Council this week gave the …

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Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes …

WEBPresident Joe Biden’s administration is again delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes. Anti-smoking advocates are upset about the delay, but the …

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Man who ran over 2 women in Virginia Beach guilty of manslaughter

WEBPUBLISHED: April 25, 2024 at 3:43 p.m. | UPDATED: April 25, 2024 at 3:43 p.m. VIRGINIA BEACH — A man who prosecutors say was high on marijuana when he …

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Top prospect Jackson Holliday optioned back to Norfolk Tides by

WEBHolliday, the first overall pick in the 2022 draft, hit .059 (2 for 34) in his first 10 major league games.

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Patients reported sexual abuse by medical providers. Health care

WEBOver the course of a yearlong investigation, the Chicago Tribune found that well-known Illinois health systems have allowed workers accused of abusing patients to …

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LifeNet CEO shares how the not-for-profit needed to ‘renovate’ …

WEBFrom its start in 1982 as the Eastern Virginia Tissue Bank, Virginia Beach-based LifeNet Health has grown into the world’s only combined organ, biologics and life …

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