Virginia

A viral outbreak that caused 1,000 students at a Virginia school to miss class last week is believed to have been caused by influenza A, local officials report.Stafford High School, in Fredericksburg, Virginia - 50 miles southwest of…

What's going on in Fredericksburg? HALF of pupils at Virginia high school are struck down by respiratory bug in mystery outbreakNearly half of the 2,000 students at Stafford High School were absent FridayThe school is suffering…

A young woman from Virginia had a brush with death when a strange rash that erupted across her body turned out to be a rare, severe, autoimmune disorder. Juliana Pascarella, 21, noticed little red dots all over her body in April 2020. She…

A Virginia high school canceled all activities this weekend after almost half of its students called in absent this week due to a flu-like illness. “Due to the high number of student and staff illnesses reported this week, all…

The Democratic and Republican candidates in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District, one of the most competitive House races in the country, are in a dead heat, according to a Christopher Newport University Wason Center survey released…

When it comes to the explosive, hugely sensitive question of how public schools support transgender students, there’s frequently been more heat than light. The debates have featured more invective and charges of “transphobia”, frequently…

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares ran last year with a tough-on-crime message and has sought to expand the role of his office in prosecutions, so some legal observers are surprised that he’s handed off an investigation into…

After West Virginia's Republican supermajority Legislature approved an abortion ban, the new leaders of the state Democratic Party urged voters to take their anger to the polls. But they didn't match that push with a full slate of…

As flood-torn areas in NSW continue to recover from unprecedented levels of rain, it appears the wet weather is likely to continue.Minister for Emergency Services for New South Wales Steph Cooke said this weekend’s wild weather was just the…

American children got 10 per cent fatter during the pandemic, 'alarming' study suggestsSchool closures and lockdown curbs meant minors spent more time on screensResearchers looked at 230 children in Virginia before and after…