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Health Department ramping up to offer COVID-19 booster shots

WEBLocal health officials are postponing the release of plans for how they intend to provide booster shots to the nearly 150,000 fully vaccinated people in the Blue Ridge …

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Local COVID-19 vaccination updates

WEBBlue Ridge Health District. Vaccinations for COVID-19 are currently underway in the city and surrounding counties. As of Jan. 20, the local Blue Ridge Health District (formerly Thomas Jefferson Health …

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UPDATE: Local health district is taking appointments for Pfizer …

WEBBooster shots for Pfizer's vaccine against COVID-19 were approved this week. Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow. COVID-19 booster shots received final …

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Looking for an updated COVID-19 vaccine

WEBNow, the vaccines are going out through “traditional health care distribution channels,” per the Department of Health and Human Services. That means, it’s up to …

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Local health district is now vaccinating individuals with high-risk

WEBAs local supplies continue to increase, the Blue Ridge Health District has started vaccinating people with high-risk medical conditions. The district last week began …

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Local health district opens to Phase 2 of COVID vaccination effort …

WEBOn Monday, everyone in the Blue Ridge Health District will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. The district’s vaccination effort will move into Phase 2, which …

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Health district began vaccinating frontline health …

WEBThe Blue Ridge Health District gave its first COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers on Monday.The health district (formerly the Thomas Jefferson Health District) vaccinated its own staff last week. …

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COVID cases are rising again in Charlottesville. Here’s what health

WEBHere’s what health officials say you should do. A nurse receives the third COVID-19 vaccination given at UVA Sanjay Suchak/UVA Communications. COVID-19 …

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We’re at the start of another COVID-19 surge — but this time, …

WEBLocal health officials say the Charlottesville area may be at the beginning of yet another substantial surge in COVID-19 cases. But it’s not making people as sick as it …

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Health Department data show Charlottesville’s Black …

WEBThe trend loosely aligns with the health department’s nascent data on the racial makeup of vaccinated people. According to its most recent data, around 31% of Charlottesville’s white residents are fully …

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Charlottesville’s COVID vaccination center now takes walk-ins — …

WEBThe local Blue Ridge Health District is now accepting walk-ins at its COVID-19 Vaccination Center during set hours five days a week. On Mondays, walk-in hours …

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How Charlottesville’s health care system handled its toughest year …

WEBPosted in Health and safety How Charlottesville’s health care system handled its toughest year in recent history by Jessie Higgins March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021. Medical …

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Special: Ongoing COVID-19 coverage

WEBLocal COVID-19 resources for how to help and get help. Thomas Jefferson Health District hotline: (434) 972-6261 (Currently staffed Monday through Friday from 8 …

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Charlottesville to establish mental health crisis task force

WEBMental health advocate Myra Anderson’s persistence has now resulted in the forthcoming creation of a task force charged with examining what model of crisis …

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NAACP, Health District plan COVID vaccine outreach to …

WEBThe Thomas Jefferson Health District couldn’t provide information on the racial makeup of its staff assisting minority communities amid the rollout of the COVID …

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It’s getting hard to find a COVID-19 test in Charlottesville — here’s

WEBUVA Health will bill insurance, but the cost for uninsured patients is not clear. UVA COVID-19 Clinic, 434-982-6843, West Complex, 1st Floor, Room 1101A, …

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Health and safety Archives • Charlottesville Tomorrow

WEBPosted in Health and safety Charlottesville High students and teachers at their breaking point with fights, lockdowns and adults trespassing on campus. by Tamica …

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This is how the Charlottesville-area’s Latino community became …

WEBThe Latino Health Initiative was created by a University of Virginia Medical Center cardiologist, Dr. Max Luna. He, a handful of his colleagues and a few other area …

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Black Charlottesville could get mental health center thanks to UVA

WEBThe nationwide social unrest in the wake of Black lives lost at the hands of police, coupled with the pandemic disproportionately affecting Black communities, …

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Locus Health eyeing national expansion after strong results at UVa

WEBA Charlottesville health care technology company is attracting clients from across the U.S. after using the University of Virginia Health System as a proving ground. …

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Attend a Jan. 25 discussion about mental health in the …

WEBMental Health Discussion, here. Thursday, Jan. 25, 6-8 p.m. Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. 233 4th St. NW, Charlottesville. There will be …

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Jean Chappell joins PVCC as new dean of health and life sciences …

WEB(Charlottesville, Va.)–Jean Chappell has joined Piedmont Virginia Community College as the new dean of the Health and Life Science Division.Chappell …

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