Hospitals & Healthcare

VCU Maternity is Tops

Newsweek awards hospital five ribbons. VCU Medical Center achieved Newsweek’s highest ranking—five ribbons—on its list of “America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2024,” one of only 15 hospitals in Virginia and among the state’s top six maternity hospitals to make the list. “We are proud to be recognized as one of the Commonwealth’s top hospitals for maternity […]

by Madeline Mayhood

New ER Standards Start

Physicians required to be on-site in all emergency departments across Virginia by summer 2025.

by Staff

Carilion Clinic Introduces Innovative Therapy for Stroke Survivors

Carilion Clinic is the first in Virginia to offer a new treatment for post-stroke patients to restore upper limb function. Paired with occupational therapy, vagus nerve stimulation with the Vivistim implant can improve a patient’s arm and hand function—two to three times more improvement than solely doing therapy. “The vagus nerve, when it’s stimulated, promotes […]

by Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves

Keeping Rural Virginia Healthy

Sentara takes action to promote the spread of hospitals. —by Lily Perkinson Sentara Health is committed to maintaining hospital locations that cater to community needs, even in rural areas of Virginia. Recently, Sentara increased its investment of $70 million to more than $107 million toward the reconstruction of the Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston. […]

by Staff

UVA Health

In a list of more than 400 hospitals, Newsweek named the University of Virginia Medical Center the number one hospital in Virginia. It scored 39th nationally. “Our goal is to become the top public academic health system in the country, and this ranking shows the great strides we are making,” says K. Craig Kent, M.D., […]

by Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves

Sensory Inclusive Hospital

Sentara Williamsburg achieves notable designation. Earlier this year, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center (SWRMC) became the first medical facility in Virginia to be certified as sensory-inclusive. The certification was provided by the Alabama-based KultureCity, the nation’s leading nonprofit on sensory accessibility that encourages hospitals to welcome and care for those with sensory needs. One in […]

by Madeline Mayhood

A Million Lives Saved and Counting

For each organ transplanted in the U.S., Richmond’s UNOS makes it possible. Kyle LaFerriere Heather James spent much of her young life fighting to breathe. Born with cystic fibrosis, she was losing that fight by the time she’d reached 19. In November of that year, with her lung function at barely 15 […]

by caroline kettlewell

Beating the Odds

Given a three percent chance of survival, burn patient Charlie Xavier shares her powerful story. It was a freak accident. While building a new chalkboard for her sons last September, Charlie Xavier stumbled and dropped her sanding tool. The rest is a nightmare: Sparks triggered an explosion, and she was immediately engulfed […]

by Kinsey Gidick

Three Firemen, Three Babies

Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center delivers for first responders. With 10,000 babies born each day in the United States, what are the chances that three Fairfax County firefighters, colleagues at Station No. 465, would all welcome baby boys in the same hospital within 24 hours? It happened at Spotsylvania Regional Medical […]

by Konstantin Rega

A Better Way to Care

Massey Cancer Center to open a new outpatient pavilion. Advances in cancer care mean patients are now more likely to receive outpatient treatment rather than endure hospital stays. To respond to this shift, VCU Health’s Massey Cancer Center in Richmond is consolidating its facilities—including the flagship Dalton Oncology Clinic—to create a new $349 […]

by Markus Schmidt

For Children, Help is on the Way

Pediatric mental health hospital nears completion in Norfolk. Few hospitals are equipped to manage children’s mental health treatment, but the need today is acute. At Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) in Norfolk, visits from children experiencing a mental health emergency rose by 300 percent between 2015 and 2020, reflecting a […]

by Constance Costas

Swaddled in Love

Virginia hospitals adopt program to promote healthy relationships. In the past year, more than 7,000 Virginia newborns have been wrapped in LOVE swaddles at hospitals participating in Richmond artist Sunny Goode’s LOVEVOLVE program. “We provide a swaddle to every new family,” says Karen Shirley, Women’s Services Director at Chippenham Hospital in […]

by Constance Costas

Science Unbound

Meet Shaun Moshasha, a scientist and biohacker, whose Charlottesville lab is open to the community.

by Sandra Shelley

Head On

Biology teacher instructs his students about stroke from personal experience.

by Sandra Shelley

The Drug Next Door

Helping opioid addicts find solutions.

by Sandra Shelley

Spiraling Down

Richmond psychologist talks about the warning signs in teen suicide.

by Sandra Shelley

Contact Killers

The benefits of copper-infused hospital products.

by Sandra Shelley

Weeding Out

Dr. Paul Lyons on the proliferation of CBD products.

by Sandra Shelley

Letting Go

UVA professor and poet leads writing workshops for women with cancer.

by Sandra Shelley

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A New Experience at the Virginia Scenic Railway

Virginia Scenic Railway Adds Dome Car for Spectacular Valley Views The popular Virginia Scenic Railway just upped its game with a vintage dome car offering breathtaking 360° views of the Shenandoah Valley. The “Shenandoah”—built in 1948 as the “Silver Palace” for the California Zephyr—now gives passengers an unmatched vantage point on three-hour excursions from Staunton. […]

by Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves

The U.S. DOE Labeled These Virginia Schools Outstanding

Eight Virginia schools received the National Blue Ribbon 2024 award for their high performances. The Exemplary High Performing Schools are Spring Hill Elementary in McLean, Green Run Collegiate in Virginia Beach, Bethel Manor Elementary in Hampton, and St. Andrew the Apostle School in Clifton. The Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing Schools are Central Academy Middle […]

by Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves

Williamsburg Archaeologists Uncover Secret Garden

In Colonial America, a grand garden was the ultimate status symbol—the 18th century equivalent of a Lamborghini. So when archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg uncovered John Custis IV’s property, they struck horticultural gold: the remains of a football field-sized garden alongside his Jacobean manor house. Custis, a tobacco magnate and Martha Washington’s first father-in-law, went all […]

by Madeline Mayhood

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