{"id":24,"date":"2016-12-09T20:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T20:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-01-24T10:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T15:45:04","slug":"news-releases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/news-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"News Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-24\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-24-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-24-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-24-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-blog panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-blog so-widget-sow-blog-standard-fbfa88168289-24\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"sow-blog sow-blog-layout-standard\"\n\t\tdata-template=\"standard\"\n\t\tdata-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;featured_image_empty&quot;:true,&quot;featured_image_size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;featured_image_size_width&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;featured_image_size_height&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;excerpt&quot;,&quot;excerpt_length&quot;:55,&quot;date&quot;:true,&quot;filter_categories&quot;:false,&quot;categories&quot;:true,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;,&quot;featured_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;trim_manual_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;read_more&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;template&quot;:&quot;standard&quot;}\"\n\t\tdata-paged=\"1\"\n\t\tdata-paging-id=\"fbfa88168289\"\n\t\tdata-total-pages=\"9\"\n\t\tdata-hash=\"d4b8a394\"\n\t>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-blog-posts\">\n\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-2367\" class=\"post-2367 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-2024-news-releases\" style=\"margin: 0 0 40px\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-blog-content-wrapper\"\n\t\t style=\"padding: 25px 30px 38px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"sow-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sow-entry-title\" style=\"margin: 0 0 5px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/2024\/11\/15\/cat-tests-positive-for-rabies-in-petersburg\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cat Tests Positive for Rabies in Petersburg<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-entry-date\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/2024\/11\/15\/cat-tests-positive-for-rabies-in-petersburg\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2024-11-15T09:20:57-05:00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNovember 15, 2024\t\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-06-26T16:27:17-04:00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 26, 2025\t\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"sow-entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/category\/2024-news-releases\/\">2024 News Releases<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-entry-content\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin-top: 20px;\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<p>For More Information Contact Toinette Waldon, Environmental Health Manager, Toinette.Waldon@vdh.virginia.gov Media Contact: Tara Rose, Public Information Officer, Tara.Rose@vdh.virginia.gov (Petersburg, Va.) The Crater Health District has received confirmation that a multi-grey domestic short-haired cat, approximately three years old, has tested positive for rabies. The cat was in the vicinity of Leefield Drive in Petersburg, VA. \u00a0The...<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-2357\" class=\"post-2357 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-2024-news-releases\" style=\"margin: 0 0 40px\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-blog-content-wrapper\"\n\t\t style=\"padding: 25px 30px 38px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"sow-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sow-entry-title\" style=\"margin: 0 0 5px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/2024\/09\/23\/crater-health-district-to-host-free-flu-clinics\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Crater Health District To Host Free Flu Clinics<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-entry-date\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/2024\/09\/23\/crater-health-district-to-host-free-flu-clinics\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2024-09-23T16:07:22-04:00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 23, 2024\t\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-01-22T16:09:36-05:00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 22, 2025\t\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"sow-entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/category\/2024-news-releases\/\">2024 News Releases<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-entry-content\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin-top: 20px;\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<p>For More Information Contact Media Contact: Steven Herring, Steven.Herring@vdh.virginia.gov Media Contact: Tara Rose, Tara.Rose@vdh.virginia.gov (Petersburg, VA)- The Crater Health District (CHD) is offering free flu vaccine clinics in October to protect yourself, your family, and others from the flu. 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