COVID-19
Children can now get the COVID vaccine
Children ages 5-11 are now able to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, and local kids have wasted no…
News
Virginia achieves top 10 for vaccinations
Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Virginia now ranks 10th among all states for the percentage of its…
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Free drive-thru COVID-19 testing
Effective Oct. 25, the Piedmont Health District will move its free Monday drive-thru COVID-19 screening and testing services…
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Schools see dip in cases
Area schools seem to be seeing a similar downtrend in COVID-19 cases as the health district. In Prince…
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Emergency authorization sought for COVID pill
The health district and local hospitals are seeing some very encouraging numbers surrounding COVID-19 cases just as the…
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Committee to review Centra Ivermectin prescriptions
The Centra Health Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee will now oversee the prescription of Ivermectin at Centra hospitals…
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Vaccination Booster Clinic set
The Virginia Department of Health’s Piedmont Health District will offer COVID-19 vaccine boosters for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during…
News
FDA approves third COVID shot
Once again, Virginia residents will need to roll up their sleeves to prepare for the COVID-19 vaccine booster…
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State COVID cases down this week
As the rate of COVID-19 cases continues to drop statewide, the Piedmont Health District is still seeing its…
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Vaccination clinic set
The Virginia Department of Health’s Piedmont Health District is hosting a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Farmville on…
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Free drive-thru COVID-19 testing continues
The Piedmont Health District will continue to offer free drive-thru COVID-19 screening and testing services at Prince Edward…
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106 COVID patients in hospitals
COVID-19 cases are fluctuating across the commonwealth as officials work to increase testing access in the health district.…
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COVID testing: How do you get tested?
Uh-oh. Your mother or father tested positive for COVID-19. Should you get tested? If you haven’t been vaccinated,…
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Free drive-thru COVID-19 testing
The Piedmont Health District will offer free drive-thru COVID-19 screening and testing Friday, Sept. 10, at the at…
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Custodians, staff keep students healthy
In a time when in-person learning has perhaps never been so important, local custodians are rising to the…
Opinion
Letter — Vaccines encouraged
To the Editor: We have been privileged to be trusted by many of you for your health care…
News
Emergency vet options have changed
Pet owners in Prince Edward, Cumberland and Buckingham counties have limited options for emergency vet care and might…
Education
COVID cases climb in schools
Local schools have been open for less than one month, but 111 COVID-19 cases have already been confirmed…
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COVID cases soaring
The rate of COVID-19 infections continues to soar across the area this week. The number of virus cases…
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Centra in grim situation
Centra Health officials provided information Wednesday, Aug. 25, to what doctors have described as an “increasingly grim situation”…
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Vaccine now FDA approved
Despite COVID-19 cases soaring throughout the Piedmont Health District this week, good news has arrived in the form…
News
29 virus cases in area schools
With 29 COVID-19 cases already identified in area public schools this month, tracking possible exposure to the virus…
News
Vaccine scholarships awarded
Ten local students have received $2,000 scholarships to encourage post-secondary continuing education as part of Prince Edward County’s…
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Vaccination clinic planned
The Virginia Department of Health’s Piedmont Health District is hosting a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Blackstone on…
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COVID cases surge throughout health district
With the delta variant of COVID-19 now the dominant variant in the area, coronavirus cases are soaring in…
News
Centra requires vaccination
As local COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals see large increases in virus patients and deaths, Centra Health has…
Education
State health order requires masks in schools
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday, Aug. 12, a Public Health Emergency Order requiring universal masking in all indoor…