Updated: 2:01 PM One dose of the new swine flu vaccine looks strong enough to protect adults, and can spark protection within 10 days of the shot, Australian and U.S. researchers have found.
Updated: 12:29 PM A breakthrough in understanding who gets Alzheimer's Disease and how they get it. European scientists say they've discovered a new set of genes that contribute to Alzheimer's Disease, the most common form of dementia.
Posted: 10:18 AM State health officials are asking all Virginia school districts to report daily absences among students and employees in an attempt to help them track flu patterns.
Updated: 10:07 PM Local health officials are making sure people in Central Virginia are prepared for the H1N1 swine flu. Thursday, they held a public briefing to spread the word.
Updated: 10:07 PM A study of swine flu's impact on children finds that most of its young victims have been of school age. Normally, at least half of the children who die from flu are age 4 and younger. But more than 80 percent of the children who died with swine flu were at least 5.
Updated: 10:07 PM We've heard about the H1N1 virus in humans and pigs, but for the first time cases are being found in poultry in select parts of South America.
Updated: 10:07 PM The White House has released some alarming projections about the spread of the H1N1 virus. Health experts say the virus could quickly spread now that schools across the U.S. are getting back in session.
Updated: 10:07 PM Tuesday morning, dozens of people gathered at Congressman Tom Perriello's office to share their thoughts on health care. Organizing for America held the meeting to show support for health care reform, and support for getting the bill passed this year, but supporters weren't the only ones with a message for the Congressman.
Updated: 10:07 PM As the number of H1N1 cases steadily increase in our area, on Tuesday, Governor Tim Kaine announced measures Virginia is undertaking to protect against the H1N1 flu virus. Vaccines should be available by October.
Updated: 1:51 PM Parents are being urged to stop putting ham and other processed meats into their children's school lunchboxes. The World Cancer Research Fund warns that children who eat smoked, salted or cured meats could increase their risk of developing cancer later in life.
Updated: 4:54 PM Even though it is still summer, a flu alert is going out to Fluvanna schools via a letter to parents of children at the elementary, middle, and high schools. Testing is underway to determine if the flu outbreak is swine flu.
Updated: 10:24 AM The "Highway to Health Care" reform bus arrived in Charlottesville Monday after a summer-long tour of the country. Activists in Charlottesville are speaking their minds about the so-called public option, a government-run health care plan that would compete with private insurers to help keep the cost of premiums down.
Posted: 6:20 PM President Barack Obama's scientific advisers are recommending that the government should speed availability of at least a little H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, vaccine.
Posted: 9:14 AM People who have questions about swine flu can get answers from the Virginia Department of Health by calling a toll-free number, 1-877-275-8343.
Updated: 6:15 PM New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that nearly 25% of people in Charlottesville have no health insurance. Experts say a tendency for people in college towns to go uninsured is part of the cause.
Updated: 7:21 PM Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced Tuesday that Virginia’s infant mortality rate has declined to its lowest level in state history. The rate among the state’s African-American population was also reduced to its lowest levels ever.
Updated: 12:17 PM Researchers in London reviewed 162 scientific papers published over the past 50 years and found no health or nutritional benefits in choosing organic foods over ordinary foods. The organic market is a $48 billion business.
Updated: 12:55 PM Studies continue to show that waistlines in America are still expanding. Now, leaders in Washington are looking at the idea of creating a "fat tax." Local researchers say, that may not be a bad idea.
Updated: 11:08 AM A government panel has recommended that certain groups be placed at the front of the line for swine flu vaccinations this fall, including pregnant women, health care workers, and children six months and older.
Updated: 9:52 PM President Barack Obama took his health care push to the Commonwealth. He held a town hall in Bristol at a Kroger store. Obama's health care plan is gaining momentum in Congress.
Updated: 5:45 PM The Thomas Jefferson Health Department reported Tuesday that two Albemarle County employee has contracted the virus. One of the two employees has been hospitalized.
Posted: 1:37 PM Nearly 2,000 people crowded onto a southwest Virginia fairgrounds and waited hours to receive free dental care, eyeglasses and medical procedures. Several volunteers from the University of Virginia Medical Center provided care.
Updated: 6:29 PM Members of the grassroots organization, the Virginia Organizing Project (VOP), braved some heavy rain Thursday afternoon to rally for a public health care plan.
