RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication By: Christie Wills As we have reached a crossroads in our fight against COVID-19 with vaccination rates continuing to go up and case counts continuing to go down, it seems like a good opportunity to take stock of where we are as a...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication By: Christie Wills When the virus that causes COVID-19 was first identified in the United States last year, it quickly spread through communities throughout the country because it was a new virus against which we did not have any natural immunity. Simply put,...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication By: Christie Wills After the last year of taking so many precautions, many people may be thinking about travel as we head into summer, particularly people who have been vaccinated. The good news is that it is safe for people who are fully...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication By: Christie Wills In all of the discussions around the toll of COVID-19 on the physical health of our communities, an aspect that deserves equal attention is the toll it has taken on mental health. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit health research organization,...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication By: Christie Wills Vaccines have been used in public health for decades. Each vaccine has been thoroughly studied and tailored to the disease it is trying to prevent. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, like almost all other vaccines, require more than one dose to...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication By: Christie Wills COVID-19 vaccines offer us the promise of a rescue from this global pandemic. Vaccines, along with safety measures such as masking and physical distancing, will help us return to the normal interactions we have missed for so long. In the...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication By: Christie Wills Last week, the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD) moved into Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. This means that now anyone in our districts who is age 16 or older and who wants to get vaccinated is...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication By: Christie Wills On April 2, 2021 the Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD) announced that local residents over the age of 16 who want to be vaccinated and who are pre-registered on vaccinate.virginia.gov will be invited to schedule a vaccination appointment...Continue reading→

RCAHD Community Health Update A Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts publication By: Christie Wills The return of glorious weather in Southwestern Virginia coincides with reasons to feel hopeful about the future. Case counts are down since their peak in January and we have made considerable progress in getting our community vaccinated. Still, we need...Continue reading→