By now you’ve probably heard about the respiratory virus known in shorthand as RSV, and how it...
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A local disability advocate talks assistive technology amid national discussions about disability in public office. WFIR’s Emma...
A local coalition of social service and mental health agencies wants to assure local young people that...
Goodwill Industries of the Valleys will host a public information session about plans to transform northwest Roanoke....
Carilion Clinic will move its mental health outpatient services from South Jefferson Street near the hospital to...
An 11 year-plus battle to obtain a Certificate of Public Need from the General Assembly behind them,...
We are not out of the woods yet when it comes to COVID-19 and with the colder...
How are your bones doing? Tomorrow is “Osteoporosis Awareness Day” – and that’s just what an expert...
Making sure students in local schools and colleges – and adults looking for career choices – know...
The president of Black Folks Camp Too stopped in Roanoke to promote his cause. WFIR’s Ian Price...
The Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts have used a towed trailer in the past to deliver...
Pregnant women with any concern about getting a flu shot – with the upcoming “season” expected to...
In conjunction with a new coalition called the Roanoke Foodshed Network, Carilion Clinic is bringing back the...
This is Substance Abuse Prevention Month and at least in Virginia and a handful of other states...
For many years the Annual Health Focus Salem Distance Run was held in the heat and and...