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Children as young as 6 months eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
All Virginians from the age of six months and older are eligible now to get a free COVID-19 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Vaccination clinics set
The Piedmont Health District will offer free COVID-19 vaccination clinics this Saturday in Amelia Court House and five ...
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Piedmont MRC recognized for COVID-19 efforts
On Saturday, April 23, Piedmont Health District held a ceremony at Wilck’s Lake Park to recognize the Piedmont ...
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Vaccination clinics set
The Piedmont Health District will offer two free COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Farmville and Dillwyn next week. The ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Second booster available for some
COVID-19 cases were back down in much of the health district this week as the U.S. Food and ...
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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 ...
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COVID workplace standard revoked
Coronavirus cases are trending upward in the Piedmont Health District for the second week in a row as ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Vaccination clinic held
The Crystal Cathedral partnered with the local food bank and the Virginia Department of Health to assist in ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Council decides on ARPA funds
Farmville Town Council on Wednesday, Feb. 9 held a brief monthly meeting to discuss some timely business. The ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Contact tracing phased out by VDH
With COVID-19 case numbers finally dropping in the commonwealth, the Virginia Department of Health has announced it is ...
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No vaccination needed
In August, former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced state workers would be required to show proof of complete ...
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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 ...