{"id":18122,"date":"2026-04-27T10:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=18122"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:38:24","slug":"three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 27, 2026<br \/>\n<strong>Media Contact:<\/strong> Brenden Rivenbark, Brenden.rivenbark@vdh.virginia.gov<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SALUDA, Va. \u2014 The Three Rivers Health District, in partnership with Rappahannock Community College, the counties of Richmond and Gloucester and Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Behavioral Health are conducting a Point of Dispensing (POD) exercise on May 1 as part of the Virginia Department of Health\u2019s Requisite Cardinal, a biological event exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPracticing ensures that we can protect the community in the quickest and most efficient way possible during a real emergency,\u201d said Tatiana Pedroza, local emergency coordinator for the Three Rivers Health District.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the exercise is to evaluate various aspects of a public health response to a biological incident. In this year\u2019s scenario, VDH\u2019s response to a simulated novel influenza (flu) A virus. \u00a0Virginia is at risk for biological events caused naturally such as, flu, measles, or by a terrorist attack. \u00a0The local Health District is one of about 20 local health districts participating.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the exercise is to strengthen coordination among multiple agencies, enhance operational readiness and ensure an effective, unified response to major incidents that could impact the community. One key objective is to demonstrate the capability to dispense medications or vaccines to the public quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>This exercise emphasizes the commitment of the Three Rivers Health District and our local community partners to emergency preparedness and community safety.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information about the Virginia Department of Health Emergency Preparedness Program can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-preparedness\/\">https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-preparedness\/.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 27, 2026 Media Contact: Brenden Rivenbark, Brenden.rivenbark@vdh.virginia.gov &nbsp; Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats SALUDA, Va. \u2014 The Three Rivers Health District, in partnership with Rappahannock Community College, the counties of Richmond and Gloucester and Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Behavioral Health are conducting a Point of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":0,"parent":16853,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1693,1580,1694,1692,1695,1060],"class_list":["post-18122","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-biological-event","tag-emergency-coordinator","tag-point-of-dispensing-pod","tag-requisite-cardinal","tag-tatiana-pedroza","tag-three-rivers-health-district"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats - Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats - Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"April 27, 2026 Media Contact: Brenden Rivenbark, Brenden.rivenbark@vdh.virginia.gov &nbsp; Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats SALUDA, Va. \u2014 The Three Rivers Health District, in partnership with Rappahannock Community College, the counties of Richmond and Gloucester and Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Behavioral Health are conducting a Point of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T14:38:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\\\/\",\"name\":\"Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats - Newsroom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T14:09:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-27T14:38:24+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"2026 Regional News Releases\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats - Newsroom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats - Newsroom","og_description":"April 27, 2026 Media Contact: Brenden Rivenbark, Brenden.rivenbark@vdh.virginia.gov &nbsp; Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats SALUDA, Va. \u2014 The Three Rivers Health District, in partnership with Rappahannock Community College, the counties of Richmond and Gloucester and Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Behavioral Health are conducting a Point of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_modified_time":"2026-04-27T14:38:24+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/","name":"Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats - Newsroom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-04-27T14:09:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-27T14:38:24+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/three-rivers-health-district-local-partners-train-to-protect-the-community-from-biohazard-threats\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Newsroom","item":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"2026 Regional News Releases","item":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Three Rivers Health District, Local Partners Train to Protect the Community from Biohazard Threats"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18131,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18122\/revisions\/18131"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}