3+ week, 3+ day ago   (649+ words) Welcome to The Pulse, a weekly roundup of health-focused news. Each Thursday, we bring you updates on health policy, community surveys, new clinical studies, programs and services in Southwest and Southside Virginia. Early 2025 data from the Virginia Department of Health…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (770+ words) My maternal grandfather, Clarence Bledsoe, died in 1986, six months before I was born. He was known for being stern but fair-minded, an honest man of deep faith, an avid fisherman and an excellent guitar player and singer. Though I never…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (705+ words) Centra Health, a nonprofit health care system that provides medical services in central and southern Virginia, opened a new rehabilitation hospital in Lynchburg last week. You’ll get a peek inside the modernized space in this edition, plus an update on…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1527+ words) Just before going into jail for the last time, Cynthia Haley snapped a picture of herself. At the time, she was living in Danville and struggling with addiction. Her substance use had evolved over the years, starting with marijuana in…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (276+ words) Virginia’s Community Health Centers (CHCs) are quiet but essential cornerstones of our healthcare system, serving hundreds of thousands of patients each year regardless of income or insurance status. As leaders entrusted with protecting the health of all Virginians, I urge…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1571+ words) The administration of Virginia’s nursing scholarship programs will be moved to a new agency after a state study found that money for those programs has not been fully used each year because the state Health Department doesn’t have the capacity…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (563+ words) Cardinal News Did you miss this story? Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads have lost more jobs than any other metro area with more than 1 million people Congress has rightly increased its focus on healthcare affordability this year and is working…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1723+ words) Robbie Price, a Centra Health nurse practitioner based in Bedford County, has seen a lot of ways to take notes during his two decades of work in healthcare. Now there’s something new: an artificial intelligence-powered “ambient digital scribe.” Price said…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (499+ words) Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads have lost more jobs than any other metro area with more than 1 million people Welcome to The Pulse, a weekly roundup of health-focused news. Each Thursday, we bring you updates on health policy, community surveys,…...