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STAUNTON, Va. Authorities say a 90-year-old Virginia man is dead after he was hit by a car while trying to cross a highway.
State police said the accident happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Jefferson Highway in Staunton.
Troopers said Howard A. Tillou died after being taken to University of Virginia Medical Center.
It is unclear why Tillou was in the road.
The accident happened near an assisted living facility.
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Police charge Harrisonburg man in connection with Beery Rd. stabbing Wilmer Crawford. Photo provided by the Harrisonburg Police Deparment (Source: HPD) By NBC29 Newsroom | January 8, 2021 at 3:08 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 3:08 PM
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WVIR) - A Harrisonburg man is facing a malicious wounding charge in connection with a reported stabbing early Friday.
The Harrisonburg Police Department announced Friday, January 8, that officers were called out to a home in the 2000 block of Beery Road around 1:30 a.m. Upon arrival, they found two men had been in a fight which led to the victim being stabbed.
The 49-year-old victim was transported to Sentara RMH and then to the University of Virginia Medical Center. Authorities say his injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
VSP investigating fatal crash in Greene County Virginia State Police (FILE) By NBC29 Newsroom | December 30, 2020 at 10:13 AM EST - Updated December 30 at 10:13 AM
GREENE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia State Police is investigating a crash in Greene County that killed a Free Union man.
Authorities say the crash happened along Simmons Gap Road, near Shifflett Road, around 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, December 15. A 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee was heading south when it went off the side of the road, struck the embankment and overturned.
The driver, 75-year-old Alvin L. Shifflett, was transported to the University of Virginia Medical Center.
The Virginia State Police says Shifflett succumbed to his injuries at the hospital Monday, Dec. 28. Authorities note that alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
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In October 1918, as the influenza epidemic gripped the United States, Roanoke pharmacists sold out of a serum advertised to prevent pneumonia infections. Even as demand soared, Dr. Brownlee Foster, Roanokeâs Health Officer, offered âno positive recommendationâ on a treatment declared âreputableâ by the Virginia State Board of Health.
The desperate search for a vaccine in 1918 is suggestive of our experience in 2020. Both epidemics have seen a remarkable number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, while public health measures have constrained normal behaviors, produced economic distress, and generated considerable anxiety. Whereas health officials, physicians, and pharmacists in 1918 endorsed unproven treatments, we should be reassured by the regulation, transparency, and consistency that have characterized vaccine development in 2020.
North Homes Children and Family Services is now partnering with Grand Itasca to provide medical and psychiatry oversight to the new Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) to open spring 2021.
Dr. Bruce Tanenbaum, will act as the PRTF Medical Director. While primarily working for Grand Itasca as a Psychiatry provider, he has contracted with North Homes Children and Family Services to provide psychiatric oversight for the 52-bed facility. The PRTF will serve Serious & Emotionally Disturbed children ages 11 to 21 who require intensive psychiatric care and mental health therapy in a residential setting with 24/7 nursing support, while keeping kids connected to their family and community.