Dear Colleague: Since November 2022, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has received some reports of adverse events in children who consumed products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or cannabidiol (CBD). Reported symptoms for these adverse events have included vomiting, hallucinations, low blood pressure, low blood sugar, altered mental status and anxiety; some hospitalizations have occurred. In […]
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UnitedHealth Group (UHG) issued a press release on Monday, April 22, with more information about the Change Healthcare cyberattack and the impact of the breach on personal data. UnitedHealth Group officials have agreed to address any additional questions. Please review the press release and send any questions you may have to [email protected]. UHG’s press release […]
The Virginia General Assembly has passed two identical bills in the 2024 session to: Expand access to the SafeHaven program to dentists and dental hygienists Authorize the SafeHaven program to provide outpatient health care to health care professionals Encourage health care professionals to voluntarily seek behavioral health services without fear of mandatory reports to health […]
https://www.msv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/msv-logo_340x156.png00adminhttps://www.msv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/msv-logo_340x156.pngadmin2024-03-01 18:42:272024-03-01 18:42:27SafeHaven Fatigue and Wellness Program expanded again in Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution designating March 18, 2024 as Health Workforce Well-Being Day of Awareness. The date was selected to coincide with the day that the senators’ bipartisan Dr. Lorna Breen […]
https://www.msv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/msv-logo_340x156.png00adminhttps://www.msv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/msv-logo_340x156.pngadmin2024-02-29 16:27:472024-02-29 16:27:47Kaine and Marshall introduce bipartisan resolution recognizing March 18 as Health Workforce Well-being Day of Awareness
via VDH Dear Colleague: This letter provides updates on mpox, measles, and sexually transmitted infection prevention. Increase in Mpox Cases in Virginia Since November 1, 2023, seven mpox cases have been reported to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) from the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Northwest regions. Among these seven patients, two were hospitalized, three were coinfected […]
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via Richmond Times Dispatch Dr. Trudy Shahady was feeling burnt out. It was during the height of the pandemic, and three unvaccinated patients had died of COVID-19 in the span of one week. She needed help, she decided. So she called a program that existed nowhere else in the country — one that allows doctors to […]
https://www.msv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/msv-logo_340x156.png00adminhttps://www.msv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/msv-logo_340x156.pngadmin2024-02-12 15:20:382024-02-12 15:20:38Virginia was the first state to protect doctors’ mental health. Now the effort is going national.
This is the 14th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied for inclusion in the 2024 Best Places to Work in Virginia cohort. A hundred companies were chosen, divided into three categories: small (15-99 U.S. employees); […]
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Reporting Adverse Events in Children Following Exposure to THC and CBD Containing Products
Dear Colleague: Since November 2022, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has received some reports of adverse events in children who consumed products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or cannabidiol (CBD). Reported symptoms for these adverse events have included vomiting, hallucinations, low blood pressure, low blood sugar, altered mental status and anxiety; some hospitalizations have occurred. In […]
AMA Update on Change Healthcare Cyberattack
UnitedHealth Group (UHG) issued a press release on Monday, April 22, with more information about the Change Healthcare cyberattack and the impact of the breach on personal data. UnitedHealth Group officials have agreed to address any additional questions. Please review the press release and send any questions you may have to [email protected]. UHG’s press release […]
SafeHaven Fatigue and Wellness Program expanded again in Virginia
The Virginia General Assembly has passed two identical bills in the 2024 session to: Expand access to the SafeHaven program to dentists and dental hygienists Authorize the SafeHaven program to provide outpatient health care to health care professionals Encourage health care professionals to voluntarily seek behavioral health services without fear of mandatory reports to health […]
Kaine and Marshall introduce bipartisan resolution recognizing March 18 as Health Workforce Well-being Day of Awareness
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution designating March 18, 2024 as Health Workforce Well-Being Day of Awareness. The date was selected to coincide with the day that the senators’ bipartisan Dr. Lorna Breen […]
Mpox, Measles, and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Updates for Virginia
via VDH Dear Colleague: This letter provides updates on mpox, measles, and sexually transmitted infection prevention. Increase in Mpox Cases in Virginia Since November 1, 2023, seven mpox cases have been reported to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) from the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Northwest regions. Among these seven patients, two were hospitalized, three were coinfected […]
Virginia was the first state to protect doctors’ mental health. Now the effort is going national.
via Richmond Times Dispatch Dr. Trudy Shahady was feeling burnt out. It was during the height of the pandemic, and three unvaccinated patients had died of COVID-19 in the span of one week. She needed help, she decided. So she called a program that existed nowhere else in the country — one that allows doctors to […]
MSV Recognized: Best Places to Work 2024
This is the 14th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied for inclusion in the 2024 Best Places to Work in Virginia cohort. A hundred companies were chosen, divided into three categories: small (15-99 U.S. employees); […]