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Public health

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04.16.21 Public health 3 MIN READ

Researchers predict new variant-propelled surge in COVID cases will hit Charlottesville in May

Researchers predict another surge in COVID-19 cases will strike Charlottesville and the surrounding health district at the end of April and continue through May. The main driver is the arrival of the new U.K. variant of... More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org
04.15.21 Public health 8 MIN READ

Charlottesville community members highlight the importance of sexual assault awareness

The COVID–19 pandemic has crippled many initiatives nationwide, including sexual assault prevention programs. However, Charlottesville organizers are still finding ways to center discussions on sexual assault awareness and prevention. Sexual Assault Awareness Month, observed in April,... More

Patty Medina

@ChattyPattyDC

pmedina@cvilletomorrow.org
04.09.21 Public health 2 MIN READ

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

On 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 includes anyone ages 16 and up. In order to... More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org
04.08.21 Public education 3 MIN READ

UVA encourages COVID-19 tests, vaccinations in advance of in-person Final Exercises

The University of Virginia is encouraging all guests coming to its in-person graduation ceremonies in May to test negative for COVID-19 prior to arrival in Charlottesville and to get vaccinated when eligible. More

Ali Sullivan

@AliSullivan9
04.05.21 Public health 3 MIN READ

City Council may repeal local COVID ordinance, defer to state

Last night’s Charlottesville City Council meeting began, as usual, with a presentation by Blue Ridge Health District Director Dr. Denise Bonds, whose slideshow full of statistics and charts show that in recent weeks there has been a... More

Erin O'Hare

@erinaroo

eohare@cvilletomorrow.org
04.01.21 Public health 2 MIN READ

Health District opens to Phase 1C

The Blue Ridge Health District opened to Phase 1C in its COVID-19 vaccination effort Thursday. People who have pre-registered through the state system and qualify as one of the essential workers... More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org
04.01.21 Public education 2 MIN READ

UVA announces plans for in-person fall semester

The University of Virginia announced Thursday that its fall semester will look much like those prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. More

Ali Sullivan

@AliSullivan9
03.25.21 Public health 3 MIN READ

UVA students, community members flock to mass vaccination center in Danville

University of Virginia students and Charlottesville residents flocked to Danville this week to receive COVID-19 vaccines at a new mass vaccination center — and state officials now say that must stop. Earlier this week, the new... More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org
03.25.21 Public education 4 MIN READ

School board meeting attendance skyrockets from dozens to thousands after going virtual during pandemic

Viewership of online local school board meetings has routinely reached into the thousands throughout the past year — a trend that school board leaders say could be attributable to the meetings’ virtual format or to controversial issues being discussed. More

Ali Sullivan

@AliSullivan9
03.22.21 Public health 2 MIN READ

Health district opens new vaccine clinic in old JCPenney store

Beginning Tuesday, the Blue Ridge Health District will close its main vaccination clinic at the old K-Mart parking lot and move it into the old JCPenney store in the Fashion Square Mall. The new location offers... More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org
03.19.21 Public health 2 MIN READ

Phase 1C of COVID vaccinations should open in BRHD ‘shortly’

While state health officials say that all Virginia health districts should open COVID-19 vaccines to people in phase 1C within “weeks,” local officials stopped short of making any promises. The Blue Ridge Health District has a... More

Jessie Higgins

@jessiehiggins

jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org
03.16.21 Determined 5 MIN READ

Still Determined

Contextualizing and exploring the immediate and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic More

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