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To serve or not to serve flavored milk?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:03:37 GMT

It's a dairy dilemma in schools. To serve or not to serve flavored milk?

Free clinics tied to health care debate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:05:59 GMT

A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care.

H1N1 clinic in Norfolk Thursday

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:59:42 GMT

Norfolk and Virginia Beach Health Departments announced H1N1 clinics for this week.

NAACP leaders push for public option

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:08:09 GMT

The NAACP is in North Carolina to encourage Congress to include a public option as part of health care reform.

Read Obama's declaration

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:57:51 GMT

President Barack Obama declares H1N1 a national emergency.

H1N1 Declared National Emergency

Jason Marks — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:47:48 GMT

The President of the United States has signed and declared the H1N1 Influenza a national emergency.

Parents line up for vaccine with kids

Oren Liebermann — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:32:16 GMT

Local after school vaccine clinics are on hold until more of the vaccines arrive in the Peninsula.

Glaxo made to pay $2.5M in Paxil case

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:33:39 GMT

A Philadelphia jury has ordered GlaxoSmithKline to pay $2.5 million over birth defects allegedly caused by its antidepressant drug Paxil.

Deductibles bigger part health equation

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:58:36 GMT

Workers may need to do more homework when they evaluate their health coverage options this fall.

Hundreds walk for JDRF

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:51:22 GMT

Hundreds of people showed up to walk Saturday morning at the Virgina Beach Oceanfront to raise money to help find a cure for Juvenile Diabetes.

Va. school canceled because of illness

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:14:26 GMT

A private school in Roanoke has canceled classes for eighth through 12th grades through Friday and postponed a football game because of an outbreak of a flulike illness.

NC gets first batch of H1N1 vaccine

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:12:49 GMT

Health care providers in North Carolina are receiving their first batch of the swine flu vaccine.

William & Mary holds healthcare forum

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:54:13 GMT

A gathering at the College of William & Mary on Saturday, October 3 helped clarify some of the confusion surrounding the healthcare debate in this country.

New AIDS study shows promising result

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:29:24 GMT

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented the AIDS virus.

Teens with autism master social cues

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:36:20 GMT

Classes teach the delicate ins and outs of making friends -- an Emily Post rules of etiquette for autistic teens.

Riverside trauma surgeon leaving

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:42:34 GMT

One of two trauma surgeons at Riverside Regional Medical Center will leave the hospital in September.

The second trauma surgeon's contract expires in September, but that doctor's future remains uncertain, according to a hospital spokesman.

Va. & N.C. to receive millions for flu

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:59:04 GMT

One day after hosting a summit on the 2009 H1N1 flue, HHs Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announded Virginia and North Carolina will receive millions of dollars in grants to help the states prepare for the H1N1 flu virus and the fall flu season.

Hospital worker tests positive for H1N1

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:36:18 GMT

A hospital spokeswoman says babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center won't receive antiviral drugs, although an employee has tested positive for swine flu.

8th grader talks about having swine flu

Jason Marks — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:00:33 GMT

Virginia's latest case of the swine flu is in Hampton Roads and WAVY.com spoke with the 8th grader who is recovering from the virus.

Chesapeake student has swine flu

Fri, 29 May 2009 17:51:41 GMT

The Health Department confirms a Chesapeake child has been diagnosed with swine flu.

Lt. Kurt Beach continues to improve

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:10:00 GMT

Kathy Beach, the wife of Lt. Kurt Beach has continued to keep WAVY.com up to date on her husband's road to recovery.

Virus shuts down Mass. college

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:02:21 GMT

A Massachusetts college is shutting down for several days after 100 students and staff were sickened by a virus that causes a type of stomach flu.

Local hospital welcomes 4 sets of twins

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:34:57 GMT

Doctors at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center delivered four sets of twins on one day in January.

Nutrients needed for vegetarian kids

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:50:07 GMT

Children who want to be vegetarians need to "fill in the blanks" of their low-protein diets by eating alternatives to red meat, fish and poultry, experts say.

Gap in colon cancer deaths is widening

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:21:04 GMT

The racial gap in colon cancer death rates is widening, a new report says, and experts partly blame blacks' lower screening rates and poor access to quality care.

Heart attacks are deadlier for women

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:44:00 GMT

Depression may lead to internal fat

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:09:59 GMT

Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat -- the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease -- than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study co-led by a North Carolina researcher has found.

Surge in troop stress-related disorders

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:55:07 GMT

Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and psychological problems among those troops.

Test Your Memory

Stephanie Harris — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:33:07 GMT

Memory Screenings can predict if you may have early signs of Alzheimer's Disease.

LabCorp ends sale of cancer test

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:02:49 GMT

Laboratory Corporation of America has stopped selling an ovarian cancer screening test that hit the market without formal approval by the Food and Drug Administration.