WESTERN TIDEWATER
Governor declares new, limited state of emergency
Outgoing Gov. Ralph Northam has declared a 30-day state of emergency to ease the burden on the state’s hospitals amid an unprecedented surge in hospitalizations ...
Jimmy LaRoue, Author at The Tidewater News
WESTERN TIDEWATER
Fifth Circuit drug court relaunches
The vast majority of cases coming through the Fifth Judicial Circuit court involve drugs, according to an estimate from one of its judges, even if ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Thursday, December 16, 2021 12:41 pm
Franklin
VDH develops vaccination verification tool
The Virginia Department of Health has added QR codes to the state’s COVID-19 vaccination records, allowing people to show proof of being vaccinated with a ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, October 1, 2021 5:22 pm
COVID-19
Region’s hospitals stretched thin in Delta wave
On any given day at any of Sentara Healthcare’s seven Hampton Roads hospitals, including at Obici in Suffolk, their capacity to handle more patients has ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Monday, September 20, 2021 8:47 pm
COVID-19
Health department adds testing events statewide, just 2 in Western Tidewater
With 7-day positivity rates for COVID-19 around the state hovering around 10% and with 90% of cases in Virginia caused by the Delta variant of ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Wednesday, September 8, 2021 7:25 pm
WESTERN TIDEWATER
Region’s health care organizations to require vaccines for employees
Sentara Healthcare and Riverside Health System are among the Hampton Roads health care organizations that will require their employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Tuesday, September 7, 2021 7:29 pm
WESTERN TIDEWATER
Sentara counters vaccine misinformation
Sentara Healthcare has launched a new website to counter misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines as COVID-19 positivity rates rise due largely to the Delta variant. According ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Monday, August 16, 2021 1:06 am
COVID-19
Governor mandates vaccines for state employees, masking in schools
All state employees must be vaccinated by Sept. 1 or face weekly COVID-19 testing.
by Jimmy LaRoue, Thursday, August 5, 2021 7:11 pm
WESTERN TIDEWATER
Sentara Obici starts weight loss program
Sentara Obici Hospital will be adding a weight-loss program to provide medical and surgical options that will be fully operational in late August. Dr. Gregory ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Wednesday, August 4, 2021 2:49 pm
WESTERN TIDEWATER
Vaccination info teams go door-to-door
Having seen fewer people be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 than the state average, the Western Tidewater Health District will be sending vaccination information teams door-to-door ...