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Virginia nursing homes are short-staffed. So are the agencies tasked with watching them.
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1390+ words) When Susan Fanning broke her ankle, she could no longer use the bathroom on her own. At her Chesapeake nursing home, she recalled waiting more than three hours in a wet incontinence brief for someone to change it. Other times,…...
Scientists are tracking a massive algae bloom moving through the Chesapeake Bay
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (580+ words) The first detection happened in the Lafayette River near the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club in July. Researchers at Old Dominion University sample water in the area several times a week during the summer, when algae blooms are most likely to…...
How extreme heat puts pressure on infrastructure in Hampton Roads
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1017+ words) On a scorching day last June, Chesapeake was forced to temporarily close the Great Bridge Bridge. Daytime temperatures were high, and the air stayed hot overnight, which didn’t allow the bridge to cool down, said Earl Sorey, the city’s director…...
Virginia launches $4.8 million program to pay nursing students for clinical work
1+ week, 5+ day ago (494+ words) Under a new state program aimed at getting more nurses into the workforce, a nursing student in Virginia could soon get paid to work as a nurse extern, patient care technician or nursing assistant while still in school, The state’s…...
As six West Nile cases are reported in Virginia, mosquito’s with the disease are on the rise in Virginia Beach
2+ week, 3+ day ago (494+ words) West Nile virus is showing up in Virginia Beach mosquitoes at a level the city’s biologist says she has not seen in four years. Virginia has reported six human cases so far this year, including one in the Eastern Region,…...
Young people tell Virginia Beach safety task force about homelessness, uncertainty
2+ week, 3+ day ago (607+ words) Kiya Green settled in at the drop-in center at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Tuesday evening. She's 24 and is formerly homeless. Green is living with family now, but stays connected with StandUp for Kids Hampton Roads, which helps people aged…...
Local blood banks respond to national shortage
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1126+ words) The American Red Cross declared a national blood supply crisis in late July, only the second time in the organization’s history. The first was in January 2022. WMRA’s Ayse Pirge spoke with local blood banks about how our region has been…...
A visiting nurse program supplements postpartum care for Hampton Roads military families
2+ week, 5+ day ago (584+ words) When Leanne Alfon brought her newborn son home, the baby’s father was stationed several hours away at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Both parents were serving on active duty, but Alfon, based at Naval Station Norfolk, was handling most of…...
Chesapeake Regional may avoid criminal trial, but Perwaiz patients are still suing
3+ week, 2+ day ago (483+ words) Federal prosecutors said this week they have reached a tentative deferred prosecution agreement with Chesapeake Regional Medical Center for charges related to disgraced former OB-GYN Javaid Perwaiz. The deal would require the hospital to admit certain facts, accept an independent…...
An Urgent Need- The YWCA of South Hampton Roads on Another View
4+ week, 1+ day ago (156+ words) WHRO - On Air Now Playing WHRO FM - Classical - On Air Now Playing WFOS - The Time Machine Radio An Urgent Need- The YWCA of South Hampton Roads on Another View For more than 100 years, the YWCA, South Hampton Roads has been…...