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Genetic Discoveries Could Reduce Black Women's Higher Breast Cancer Death Risk

Genetic Discoveries Could Reduce Black Women's Higher Breast Cancer Death Risk

Women with African ancestry have often been left out of breast cancer studies. Now scientists are catching up

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As the opioid epidemic persists, Virginia's foster care support falters for families - Virginia C...

As the opioid epidemic persists, Virginia's foster care support falters for families - Virginia C...

A Richmond-area retiree raises four grandchildren, struggling to pay bills and navigate the tangled bureaucra…

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Science, policy advancements could curb disproportionate breast cancer deaths in Tidewater * Virg...

Science, policy advancements could curb disproportionate breast cancer deaths in Tidewater * Virg...

Black women in Tidewater Virginia are more likely to die of breast cancer than most women in the U.S.

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What the FDA Ruling about 'Dense Breasts' Means for Cancer Risk and Screening

What the FDA Ruling about 'Dense Breasts' Means for Cancer Risk and Screening

Women with dense breasts are at higher risk of breast cancer and are underdiagnosed, but other factors also p…

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Richmond's Confederate statues are gone. What should replace them?

Richmond's Confederate statues are gone. What should replace them?

All but one plinth is now bare on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. Where once stood enormous statues gl…

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It's shameful that it took so long to bring down the statue of Robert E Lee

It's shameful that it took so long to bring down the statue of Robert E Lee

When they lifted the enormous statue of the Confederate general Robert E Lee from his pedestal and set him on…

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Virginians living with HIV struggle to get drugs that fight the virus after massive health care cuts Original

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| The Virginia Mercury
5:25 News Story By Leah Small/WHRO People living with HIV don’t know when their next refills will come for lifesaving medication, more than a year after the Virginia Department of Health cut funding to HIV clinics serving people who can’t afford healthcare. Many clients of Virginia clinics that lost such funding are weeks away from running out of antiretroviral medication, some providers said.
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Virginians living with HIV struggle to get drugs that fight the virus after massive health care cuts

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| WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA) Verified
Health Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Photo via Canva Despite lawmakers’ effort to backfill funding in the new state budget, HIV care in Virginia will lose even more money after a settlement with an HIV drug company. People living with HIV don’t know when their next refills will come for lifesaving medication, more than a year after the Virginia Department of Health cut funding to HIV clinics serving people who can’t afford healthcare.
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Virginians on PrEP to gain protections from life insurance discrimination

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Health Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Shaban Athuman / VPM News Del. Jeion A. Ward, D-Hampton, listens as during a General Assembly Session on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia. One of the newest state laws taking effect Wednesday in Virginia will protect people who take pre-exposure prophylaxis medication to prevent HIV from insurance discrimination. Gov.
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