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05/15/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Virginia reports highest number of new coronavirus cases – state’s reopening plans delayed in Northern Virginia, Accomack County and City of Richmond

Virginia reported 1,067 new cases of coronavirus on May 14, Thursday, the highest number of new cases reported in a single day since May 1. Virginia authorities also reported 28 new deaths due to COVID-19 complications. These record high coronavirus numbers come as the state’s plan to partially reopen its economy hits several stumbling blocks, as […]

04/29/2020 / By Franz Walker

Nursing home coronavirus infections surge in D.C., Maryland and Virginia

More than 2,000 residents and workers from at least 255 nursing homes in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia have been infected by the coronavirus (COVID-19). According to data provided by officials, the number of cases across the region has nearly doubled since April 11. At the 92-bed Regency Care Center of Silver Spring, Maryland, 57 […]

03/25/2020 / By Isabelle Z.

Some US schools will be closed through the end of the year to stem coronavirus spread

On Monday, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that all K-12 schools in his state would be closed through “at least” the current academic year as the state increases measures to stem the spread of coronavirus. Schools in Virginia had already been out of session as part of a two-week long closure announced on March 13, […]

02/01/2019 / By Isabelle Z.

The SILENCE is deafening: Not a single Democrat speaks out against infanticide

The left is quick to appeal to people’s emotions by making a big deal out of children being separated from their parents at the border, but it’s hard to believe they really care about young lives given their radio silence on infanticide. Take a look at the new law that just went into effect in […]

01/31/2019 / By JD Heyes

Virginia’s Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, publicly endorses “infanticide” as he voices support for legislation allowing abortion to term

Earlier this month Democrats in New York State shocked the consciences of tens of millions of Americans when they passed, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed, legislation that, according to some experts who’ve read the measure, allows doctors to kill an unborn baby right up to term. Worse, as NewsTarget reports, the legislation also permits non-physicians […]

01/08/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Health care costs skyrocket 265% in Virginia this year as Big Pharma plunders America’s “sick care” economy

Virginia residents have a big motivation to make getting healthy part of their new year’s resolution as reports indicate that health insurance premiums in the state’s individual marketplace could rise by as much as 265 percent in 2017. An Affordable Care Act filing from the Virginia State Corporation Commission shows that Optima Health Plan customers […]

10/04/2016 / By hempscience

Industrial hemp gets its start in West Virginia

A handful of hemp farmers in West Virginia are seeding the future for the next generation, if and when industrial hemp becomes legal again. It’s the first time West Virginians have grown hemp since World War II. Article by Drew Tanner Hemp was declared illegal in 1937 because of its kinship with marijuana, which was declared […]

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