RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication Over the last two years, headlines have squarely focused on public health topic number one: COVID-19. Meanwhile heart disease, cancer and diabetes have remained some of the most formidable causes of illness in Americans. Routine screening tests can uncover early risk factors and...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, taking the time to learn to cope with stress in a healthy way will help you, the people you care about, and those around you become more resilient. While we have enjoyed several months of declining...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication This week is National Immunization Awareness Week (April 25-April 30). Vaccines, cited as one of the greatest public health interventions, have long been recognized as the safest and most powerful, successful and cost-effective public health tools available to prevent infectious disease and death...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication During the week of April 4-8, the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts will observe National Public Health Week. The national theme, “Public Health Is Where You Are,” celebrates what we know is true: the places where we live, work, learn, and play...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication As we reflect on our second-year anniversary of COVID-19 in our community, it is important that we honor the impact it has had and give thanks for the progress that we have made together in the fight against COVID. Today, we are thankful...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication While the COVID-19 pandemic has grabbed headlines for the past two years, we continue to see cases, and even outbreaks, of other communicable diseases in the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD). One current concern is that the number of cases of...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication Every New Year brings hope. Even though the first weeks of January have brought the highest number of cases we have seen locally at any point in the pandemic, we continue to have hope as we look to the future. We remain hopeful...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication The past two years have been a challenge for all of us, and even as we welcome a new year, the latest headlines reflect this stubbornly persistent pandemic. We continue to find ourselves in difficult times, as cases, hospitalizations, and even deaths rise...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication As we celebrate the season with friends and family this year, we are once again seeing this tenacious virus, COVID-19, making new headlines. Last week, the first detected case of the Omicron variant in Virginia was found in the northwestern part of the...Continue reading→