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Report: 1 in 5 Va. residents lack nest egg - The Virginian-Pilot
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:05:08 GMT

Report: 1 in 5 Va. residents lack nest egg
The Virginian-Pilot
The group used 52 measures in five different areas: finances and income; businesses and jobs; housing and home ownership; health care, and education. Virginia ranks 14th among the states. While many Virginia residents have jobs, they lack adequate ...
Report: 18.7 pct of W.Va. residents lack nest eggWFTV Orlando
Report: Nearly 1 in 5 W.Va. residents have little or no savings to weather ...The Republic

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Vital Signs: Women's heart health - The Daily Progress
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:02:32 GMT

Vital Signs: Women's heart health
The Daily Progress
Vital Signs is a community health promotion column sponsored by Martha Jefferson Hospital, Region Ten, Thomas Jefferson Health District and University of Virginia Health System. Vital Signs is a community health promotion column sponsored by Martha ...

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Health care jobs, construction growing - Parkersburg News
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:12:10 GMT

Health care jobs, construction growing
Parkersburg News
By BRETT DUNLAP (bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com) , Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON - Jobs in health care and construction is expected to see growth throughout West Virginia in 2012, according to state employment officials.

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Mining companies feted for W.Va. workplace safety - CanadianBusiness.com
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:35:37 GMT

Mining companies feted for W.Va. workplace safety
CanadianBusiness.com
Inspectors for the state Office of Mine Health Safety and Training nominate companies based on several criteria. The top award for surface mines was given to Fola Coal Co.'s Surface Mine No. 1 in Clay County. For underground mines, it went to Consol ...
Joseph Main mine safety and health improving through collective efforts of ...PoliticalNews.me (press release)
The Efforts to Make Mining Safer After 2010 ExplosionYahoo! Contributors Network
Coal Mines Becoming Safer But Some Still 'Don't Get It,' Says US RegulatorInsurance Journal

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Map reveals Lyme disease risk areas - Albany Times Union
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:29:49 GMT

Kansas City Star

Map reveals Lyme disease risk areas
Albany Times Union
AP This map released by the Yale School of Public Health on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 shows a map which indicates areas of the eastern United States where people have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease based on data from 2004-2007.
Map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areasAppleton Post Crescent
Exhaustive work in woods produces map showing high-risk areas for Lyme diseaseWashington Post
Map pinpoints areas of Lyme diseaseUPI.com

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Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell, Md. Gov. Martin O'Malley Square Off On National TV - CBS Local
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:37:33 GMT

CBS Local

Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell, Md. Gov. Martin O'Malley Square Off On National TV
CBS Local
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The governors of Maryland and Virginia disagreed on issues ranging from the economy to the presidential race, religion and health care during a nationally televised talk show. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Virginia Gov.
O'Malley: 'Too much hyperventilating' over contraception controversyCNN (blog)

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Teen pregnancy rates fall - Martinsville Bulletin
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:34:15 GMT

Teen pregnancy rates fall
Martinsville Bulletin
According to data from the Virginia Department of Health, the total number of teenage pregnancies from 2006 to 2010 decreased by about 44.3 percent in Henry County (from 140 to 78) and about 33.9 percent in Martinsville (from 62 to 41).

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Notable Gifts for Feb. 5 - Richmond Times Dispatch
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:03:27 GMT

Notable Gifts for Feb. 5
Richmond Times Dispatch
Central Virginia grants went to Dinwiddie High School for teen fitness coaches to promote lifelong fitness and health habits, and to Southside Baptist Christian School for its Southside Playground Olympics Program of playground games and activities ...

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Mental health care on campus: Need up, services down - St. Louis Beacon
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:12:56 GMT

WisconsinWatch.org

Mental health care on campus: Need up, services down
St. Louis Beacon
A recent University of Virginia study put mortality rates for suicide above alcohol-related deaths for young people. In addition, many campuses have not implemented key recommendations made to improve campus safety and mental health services in the ...
Gaps persist in campus mental health servicesWisconsinWatch.org
Amid surge in demand, UW students combat mental health stigmasLa Crosse Tribune

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Proposed budget threatens health care support - Delmarva Now
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:37:20 GMT

Proposed budget threatens health care support
Delmarva Now
Bob McDonnell's proposed two-year budget that could threaten medication assistance and support for health care providers on the Eastern Shore. In the budget, funding for the Virginia Health Care Foundation and Virginia community health care centers and ...

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