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New guidance for COVID-19 vaccine

The Virginia Health Department (VDH) has implemented changes for the COVID-19 vaccine in its scheduling and makeup. On ... Read more

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COVID-19 cases spike in Prince Edward County and across region

FARMVILLE – Prince Edward County is seeing a COVID-19 spike right now. The same goes for most of ... Read more

Lifestyles

How do you feel about COVID-19?

Do you feel the pandemic is over? How are you handling masks and booster shots this winter? The ... Read more

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Health District urges caution as flu season arrives

With the COVID-19 pandemic mellowing out, folks need to still be cautious as flu season is already here. ... Read more

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CDC keeps eye on new COVID strain

Just as a slight decline in COIVD-19 cases has been seen in the past month, the Centers for ... Read more

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Bivalent boosters now offered at health departments

The Piedmont Health District is now offering the updated, FDA-approved COVID-19 bivalent boosters. The boosters offered include Pfizer-BioNTech ... Read more

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COVID-19 cases rise in Piedmont Health District

FARMVILLE – More than two years have passed since the COVID-19 outbreak, and while vaccines have eased the ... Read more

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CDC: Masks urged for area

It’s time to mask back up. Especially if you live, work or travel to Prince Edward and Buckingham ... Read more

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FDA green lights new COVID vaccine

With an uptick in COVID-19 cases recently reported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a Maryland-based biotechnology ... Read more

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COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes rise

New data indicate rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths in America’s nursing homes rose substantially in June for ... Read more

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Children ages 5-11 should receive COVID booster

On Tuesday, May 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the ... Read more

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Vaccination clinics set

The Piedmont Health District will offer four free COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week across the health district. The ... Read more

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Vaccination clinics set

The Piedmont Health District will offer six free COVID-19 vaccination clinics next week across the health district. The ... Read more

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Cases rise across district

COVID-19 cases jumped this week across the Piedmont Health District after a quiet month filled with low numbers ... Read more

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Virus mutations limit antibody treatments

COVID-19 cases fluctuated slightly but remained relatively low this week across the Piedmont Health District. According to the ... Read more

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Vaccination clinic set

The Piedmont Health District will offer a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic Thursday, April 7, from 2 to 6:30 ... Read more

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COVID cases leveling off

COVID-19 cases continue to level out across the Piedmont Health District as the community emerges from the wintery ... Read more

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Vaccination clinics set

The Piedmont Health District will offer two free COVID-19 vaccination clinics Saturday, March 19. The first clinic will ... Read more

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Two years since area’s first COVID case

Two years ago, the Piedmont Health District experienced its very first confirmed case of COVID-19. This week, local ... Read more

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More counties can go mask-free

The majority of residents in the Piedmont Health District now have the go-ahead from the Centers for Disease ... Read more

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CDC amends masking guidance

New guidance released Friday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has relaxed masking and ... Read more

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Republican lawmakers push to protect workers who decline COVID-19 vaccine

BY KATHARINE DEROSA Capital News Service Lawmakers narrowly passed a bill this month that would allow people fired ... Read more

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Cases plummet in Piedmont

The Piedmont Health District is seeing a speedier decrease in COVID-19 cases this week as Virginia Governor Glenn ... Read more

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Cases decline overall, rise locally

While COVID-19 cases continue to decline in the wake of the omicron surge, health officials are noting it ... Read more

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Partnership to provide COVID-19 testing

Longwood University has partnered with Curative, a medical testing company, to provide COVID-19 tests to the campus, Farmville ... Read more

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Cases trending downward in Piedmont Health District

The last week marked another period of primarily good news for the Piedmont Health District as omicron continues ... Read more

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Could omicron usher in endemic?

Local hospitals continue to see record breaking numbers of COVID-19 patients as health officials warn the omicron variant ... Read more

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