Virginia has launched its own state-based health insurance marketplace, which its director says will increase the access...
Health and Medicine
An event on November 18th is providing support and a place to connect for those who have...
A Roanoke-based company has a new over-the-counter analgesic topical cream that doesn’t use opioids. WFIR’s Ian Price...
Exploring better ways to help people recover from a substance abuse disorder – permanently – is going...
Halloween is just days away. Some localities are opting to trick-or-treat tomorrow instead of October 31st. Whenever...
LewisGale Regional Health System is doing its part to combat drug abuse. As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno...
Family Service of Roanoke Valley has introduced a new program over the past few months – its...
Federal reforms face their first big test as Medicare’s open enrollment period is open until December 7th....
A Bedford County business owner who took ten years to write a personal history of her battle...
Carilion Clinic is celebrating World Mental Health Day with a ribbon cutting of its new mental health...
A check for two million dollars from the Life Ring Foundation was donated to Carilion Children’s, the...
Better access to resources for expectant and new mothers – especially the under-served and women of color....
Carilion Clinic is taking part in a trial of “theranostics” – developed in Australia with a special...
Mental health is the focus of this year’s Fall Festival at Morningside Urban Farm. Carilion says the...
[Friday], CDC recommended the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for pregnant people to protect their newborn...