Watch Gov. Ralph Northam deliver his State of the Commonwealth address to a virtual joint session of the Virginia General Assembly on Wednesda…
Google Maps is adding a new feature to its popular app and now you can see the COVID-19 infection rate in a given area.
New book, 'Iron Maiden: Every album, Every song' dives into the story behind every single one of Iron Maiden's tracks.
This 11-button interactive children’s sound book allows toddlers and preschoolers to sing along with popular campfire songs, making this the perfect book to bring on family camping trips. This book includes 10 classic campfire and scouting songs, with each page corresponding with a melody button that offers young children the opportunity to practice their fine motor skills.
It's a rite of passage for successful reality competition shows: As the years go on, producers inject new "twists" to shake things up. NBC's "The Voice," which kicked off Season 16 on Monday, is no exception.
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Chat and messaging apps from Apple, Facebook, Whatsapp and others are more efficient, less painful than phone calls — and both sides of the conversation are more likely to keep their cool.
Modern technology allowing communication over long distances doesn’t just benefit music fans. Police in Lisbon, Maine, were able to perform a good deed when they got a call recently from two tourists trapped in an elevator.
In an effort to increase patient safety and streamline communications, leadership at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital recently introduced a s…
It was 25 years ago that Our Lady of Peace Retirement Community opened its doors to serve the seniors of the Charlottesville area. The communi…
‘I was not unhappy, just not fulfilled’, she said.
After long shifts working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UVA, Tricia Cady (RN to BSN `18) used to lie in bed in the dark and ru…
Nurses are often considered solely within the confines of clinics and hospital corridors, but today, the profession is wide open and expanding…
Commencement is a time of excitement as well as of uncertainty for many graduates. New graduates are thrilled that their formal education is c…
Sometimes innovation comes in the form of human connection.
t’s a common greeting between colleagues everywhere: ‘what’s up?’ Now, thanks to a nurse-driven initiative at Augusta Health, it’s an innovati…
When most people think of a nurse, they imagine someone in scrubs tending to patients in a hospital bed or working side-by-side with doctors a…
By the year 2020, there will be an estimated shortage of one million nurses nationwide according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
There are many jobs associated with becoming a nurse. From non-traditional jobs, to the many jobs that require a nurse to be at a patient’s be…
Sitting on her front porch in Charlottesville, Elizabeth Alvarez, Nurse ractitioner, Surgical Trauma ICU, was thinking how ironic life can be:…
As a student at Stuarts Draft High School, down the road from Augusta Health, McKenna Burford took a career assessment that indicated her best…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he has a bigger and more powerful "nuclear button" than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
TOKYO — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday the United States should be aware that his country's nuclear forces are now a reality, not…
Each month, a University of Virginia Health System geriatrician will discuss common health questions and challenges faced by seniors. This mon…
Bring a list of all of your medicines. Let the doctors know if you are on any blood thinners, as hitting your head could put you at risk for bleeding around your brain.