Elisha Sauers

Northam administration touts Virginia’s adult vaccination rate as highest among Southern states

November 14, 2021 at 8:05 p.m.

Three out of every four adult Virginians are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus heading into Thanksgiving and the winter holidays, a period epidemiologists fear could bring another surge. Some 5.5...

When Youngkin takes office, rollbacks expected on Virginia’s COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates

November 14, 2021 at 10:16 p.m.

When hundreds of thousands of Virginians had lost their jobs in the first summer of the pandemic, Glenn Youngkin, an executive of a private equity firm, had quit his. The...

30% chance winter coronavirus cases could top summer surge, forecasters say

November 7, 2021 at 2:22 p.m.

Virginia so far has not seen a repeat of last fall's increased coronavirus spread, reducing the likely impact of a holiday surge. About 5.6% of standard nasal swab tests came...

40% of child coronavirus vaccines in the state are headed to Northern Virginia. Here’s why.

November 3, 2021 at 8:26 p.m.

If you live in a part of Virginia where few teens have gotten coronavirus vaccines, fewer of the newly authorized child doses will be sent to your area. State public...

Virginia preps for 748,000 children to become eligible for mini vaccines

October 31, 2021 at 4:27 p.m.

A federal ruling on small-portioned coronavirus vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 is imminent, with the potential to expand shots to about 748,000 young Virginians. On Friday, the Food...

Suffolk student who died of COVID-19 did not walk sick classmates to nurse, spokeswoman says

October 27, 2021 at 9:52 p.m.

A 10-year-old girl who died of coronavirus complications was not accompanying classmates with COVID-19 symptoms to the nurse before she got sick, a school division representative said. Suffolk Public Schools...

Virginia health workers brace for renewed interest in coronavirus vaccines

October 24, 2021 at 1:19 p.m.

About 4% of Virginians, or 334,000 people, have received a third COVID-19 vaccine dose so far, state data shows. Time will tell whether boosters will help stem the pandemic and...

1 in custody at Virginia Beach General Hospital; police say no ‘active shooter’

October 23, 2021 at 12:04 a.m.

One person is in custody after reports about a shooting at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital on Friday. The department said in a Twitter post it is "not an active...

94% of Sentara employees comply with COVID-19 immunization deadline

October 22, 2021 at 12:08 a.m.

About 900 employees of the largest hospital chain in Virginia didn't meet the deadline for COVID-19 vaccination, representatives said Thursday. While the majority of Sentara Healthcare employees are fully vaccinated,...

Virginia’s new data tool fixed after vastly underreporting children hospitalized with COVID-19

October 19, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

State health officials say they've fixed a new data tool tracking child coronavirus cases that had significantly underreported hospitalizations, making the new count 1.5 times higher. The Virginia Department of...

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