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Statewide COVID numbers jump from “data backlog” Virginia Coronavirus COVID

Statewide COVID numbers jump from “data backlog”

Web Staff August 7, 2020

NEWS RELEASE: (Richmond, Va.) — Today, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced that the COVID-19 data numbers...

Roanoke City’s overall Coronavirus case count reaches 1,000 Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Roanoke City’s overall Coronavirus case count reaches 1,000

Web Staff August 7, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning from the Virginia Department of Health there are 65...

Roanoke Valley sees double digit increase in new coronavirus cases Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Roanoke Valley sees double digit increase in new coronavirus cases

Web Staff August 6, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning from the Virginia Department of Health there are 68...

Virginia first state to try pandemic app from Apple, Google CORONAVIRUS

Virginia first state to try pandemic app from Apple, Google

AP August 5, 2020

Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed...

Two new Roanoke medic trucks arrive equipped for COVID era

Evan Jones August 5, 2020

Roanoke Fire-EMS now has two new medic trucks in service, and they were ordered at a fortunate...

Roanoke Valley sees double digit increase in new coronavirus cases Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Roanoke Valley sees double digit increase in new coronavirus cases

Web Staff August 5, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning from the Virginia Department of Health there are 28...

How effective are face coverings against COVID-19? The questions remain for some

Gene Marrano August 5, 2020

Questions remain in the minds of some about the effectiveness of face coverings to stop the spread...

For schools planning in-person classes, busing challenges and questions School Reopening Concerns

For schools planning in-person classes, busing challenges and questions

Evan Jones August 5, 2020

Amid all the debate over whether to re-open schools in person, on line, or with some combination...

Roanoke Valley sees increase in number of new coronavirus cases and deaths Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Roanoke Valley sees increase in number of new coronavirus cases and deaths

Web Staff August 4, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning from the Virginia Department of Health there are 5...

Number of new coronavirus cases in Roanoke Valley increases Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Number of new coronavirus cases in Roanoke Valley increases

Web Staff August 3, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning from the Virginia Department of Health there are 19...

Plenty of questions surround testing for returning Va Tech students COVID-19 Tests

Plenty of questions surround testing for returning Va Tech students

Gene Marrano August 3, 2020

After issuing new directives that include self-quarantining for 14 days before returning to campus, Virginia Tech president...

Mental health support bolstered by grant in memory of Louis Tudor Health News

Mental health support bolstered by grant in memory of Louis Tudor

Gene Marrano August 3, 2020

Video and teletherapy is being offered to the public through a grant given in memory of a...

City says Tinker Creek was tainted with a petroleum-based pollutant Health News

City says Tinker Creek was tainted with a petroleum-based pollutant

Gene Marrano July 31, 2020

(The City of Roanoke), the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Virginia Department of Emergency...

Number of new Coronavirus cases increases in Roanoke Valley Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases

Number of new Coronavirus cases increases in Roanoke Valley

Web Staff July 31, 2020

According to the latest numbers released this morning from the Virginia Department of Health there are 18...

FBRI spinoff working on brain, breast cancer treatment News Extra

FBRI spinoff working on brain, breast cancer treatment

Gene Marrano July 31, 2020

A major goal of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute on the Virginia Tech Carilion campus in Roanoke...