News

Pandemic assistance available to organic farmers

Certified organic farmers or farmers transitioning to organic can apply for additional funding from the U.S. Department of ...

COVID-19

New variant sparks concern

Local health officials are imploring residents to improve the community’s defensive line against the coronavirus following the discovery ...

COVID-19

Parents discuss child vaccine

With local children ages 5-11 now eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, local families are discussing whether or ...

COVID-19

Free COVID test kits available

The Central Virginia Regional Library (CVRL) is handing out free COVID-19 test kits at their public libraries in ...

COVID-19

COVID vaccinations still not recommended for pets

As COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters reach a wider segment of the human population, experts at the Virginia-Maryland College ...

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 ...

COVID-19

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 ...

COVID-19

Schools see dip in cases

Area schools seem to be seeing a similar downtrend in COVID-19 cases as the health district. In Prince ...

COVID-19

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 ...

COVID-19

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 ...

COVID-19

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 ...

COVID-19

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 ...

COVID-19

Vaccination clinic set

The Virginia Department of Health’s Piedmont Health District is hosting a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Farmville on ...

COVID-19

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 ...

COVID-19

106 COVID patients in hospitals

COVID-19 cases are fluctuating across the commonwealth as officials work to increase testing access in the health district. ...

COVID-19

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, ...

COVID-19

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 ...

COVID-19

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 ...

COVID-19

COVID cases soaring

The rate of COVID-19 infections continues to soar across the area this week. The number of virus cases ...

COVID-19

Centra in grim situation

Centra Health officials provided information Wednesday, Aug. 25, to what doctors have described as an “increasingly grim situation” ...

COVID-19

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 ...

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