“It was crazy,” said Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad Chief Daniel Paxton. “The unique part has been the access issues.”
Category: Health and safety
These are stories about health care, environmental issues, policing, crime, the stresses of inequities — all the things that make us healthy or unhealthy in expected and unexpected ways.
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Emergency responders prepare for severe weather and warn that response times will be slower
“It’ll take us longer to get there,” said Charlottesville Fire Department Battalion Chief Lee James. “And it may be more of a challenge to get a patient from their home, to the ambulance, to the hospital.”
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Free wellness event to connect Madison County residents with local resources
Community members can find financial, mental and physical health support under one roof on Feb. 21.
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Residents raise concerns during Fluvanna County Planning Commission meeting, but fate of Tenaska gas plant to be decided by County Supervisors
“The executives making this decision do not live here,” said one mother during the public comment portion of the meeting. “They will not raise children here. They will not breathe this air, drink this water, or live with the health consequences of what they are proposing.”
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Volunteer to help with a free health clinic in Fishersville in March
Remote Area Medical is looking for medical, dental and vision professionals, as well as general volunteers to assist with setup, patient check-in and interpretation for a March 21-22 pop-up clinic.
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Proposed Fluvanna gas plant could lead to new premature deaths and rising asthma rates, study finds
A Harvard study projects increased pollution and long-term health impacts across central Virginia.
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How Virginia’s re-entry system fails formerly incarcerated women — even when they do everything right
Jessica Cook, a single mother from Charlottesville, did everything the court asked. Her life shows how fragile “success” can be after incarceration for women.
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Respiratory illnesses remain high across Virginia, health officials warn
Nearly one in four emergency and urgent care visits last week were tied to respiratory illnesses such as the flu, COVID-19, or RSV, according to Virginia Department of Health data.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
It’s in the numbers — so this engineer wants data to work for us all
Ckalib Nelson sees a future where public data in central Virginia is easy to understand and access.
Posted inFirst person
With the season’s first snow came hateful speech for this Charlottesville resident
Brianna Patten writes about why she doesn’t trust the institutions meant to protect us — and what she worries about for the future.
