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Last year, employment for Americans with disabilities reached the highest number on record, according to the Kessler Foundation, though many advocates say better hiring and workplace practices are still needed. Before the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law in 1990, many people with disabilities were openly denied work, including Sammy Mabe, who's been working as a switchboard operator at LewisGale Hospital in Pulaski for fifty years.
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Unionized employees of the Kroger supermarket chain have been protesting for the past two weeks over worries that negotiations between their union and…
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750,000 Virginians who use Medicaid are set to gain more comprehensive dental coverage July 1st, in a policy that experts say could improve public health…
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Six out of eight state hospitals are 98% full, the head of the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services said in a Senate Finance Committee…
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The mild 2020-21 flu season offered a bit of relief amid the hundreds of thousands of deaths from the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean it will be the same…
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Last week, RADIOIQ aired a story about how home health workers are lacking guidance and protective equipment as COVID-19 spreads. Since then, the Virginia…
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Many people who are elderly or who have disabilities, and still live at home, rely on home health workers. The workforce is composed of tens of thousands…
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Sentara Healthcare began drive-thru screening and testing for COVID-19 Monday at three places in Hampton Roads. It’s the first testing procedure of its…
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Thanks to legislation that’s now on it’s way to the Governor’s desk any Virginia locality will be able to start a needle exchange.The bill also makes it…
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New numbers released last week reveal that abortion rates are going down across the country.Virginia had one of the steepest drops. A new report by the…