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📣 We are excited to announce a new #MaternalHealth website! We hope this new resource helps moms, #families, healthcare providers, and community groups find important information about #pregnancy and #childbirth. Help us get the word! https://t.co/kPYtfg3Dky
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#LungCancer caused the most cancer-related deaths in Virginia from 2018-2022. Get screened for lung cancer yearly if: ✅ Have a 20+ pack/year smoking history, ✅ Smoke now or have quit within the past 15 years, and ✅ Are 50-80 years old Read more https://t.co/Y9TnMW6iXs
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Our Office of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) joins partners across the Commonwealth and the nation in raising awareness and promoting safer conditions for those who protect motorists on our roadways. Read more at https://t.co/oKYXDVYFib
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Help us identify the remains of a man found in Chesapeake in 1983 by hunters. Read more about this case at
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Investigators continue their search for the identity of human remains found on Happy Acres Road over 40 years ago.
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#DYK that radon can contribute to #LungCancer? #Radon is a colorless gas that can be found in some homes. The only way to find out is to test for it. You can learn more about radon exposure at https://t.co/pTPNAhsYzD
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Take steps for healthy lungs! 🫁November is #LungCancer and #COPD Awareness Months. You can lower your risk by: ✅Not smoking ✅ Avoiding secondhand smoke ✅ Avoiding places with bad air quality Learn more at https://t.co/fULgefyFMT
#LungCancerAwareness #COPDAwareness
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This week, we marked a major milestone in Virginia’s fight against fentanyl. Virginia now leads the nation — cutting fentanyl-related overdose deaths by a nation-leading 59%. Since launching our comprehensive effort to defeat this deadly scourge, we’ve: ✅ Interrupted the drug
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As proclaimed by Governor Glenn Youngkin, Nov. 17-21, is Virginia Crash Responder Safety Week. Learn about this initiative to emphasize the critical work of emergency responders & the dangerous conditions they face while responding to roadway incidents: https://t.co/8Or6KErYjn
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In 2023, Virginian children and youth aged 0-24 years accounted for 3,907 hospitalizations and 794 deaths due to #injuries. Check out our resources to help #parents, #teachers and #caregivers keep their children safe. Learn more at https://t.co/teUEymDxgL.
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Food To Live Voluntarily Recalls Organic Moringa Products Because of Possible Health Risk https://t.co/fJ30qjqXlc
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The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is investigating the case of an unidentified person whose remains were found in November 1983 in Chesapeake, Va. Help us identify this case. NamUs #9340. https://t.co/1iof7Cmy3t
#HelpIdentifyVA
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CHART OF THE DAY: Our nationally leading fight against fentanyl is a comprehensive campaign involving stakeholders and allies from around the Commonwealth. The First Lady and I are grateful to have seen a 59% reduction in fentanyl-related overdose deaths since we came into office
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Have questions about your November SNAP benefits? Scroll through key details and answers to common questions below. Visit https://t.co/0VCKjreG4q for more FAQs.
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Caring for yourself as a parent or caregiver is important to raise a happy and healthy child. Take time to recharge. Learn More: https://t.co/27Mr6IZlKx
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Everyone deserves support. Share how you’re feeling with people you know and trust like friends, family, or your child’s health care provider. Learn More: https://t.co/t4jWmdGC3T
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Some brands of Organic Moringa Leaf Powder have been recalled due to a potential Salmonella contamination. For more information about this product, please visit https://t.co/wTcdNZbuRa.
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Following new federal guidance, we anticipate that 65% of SNAP benefits for more than 850,000 Virginians will be issued no later than this upcoming Thursday, 11/14. In Virginia, we provided equivalent benefits to SNAP last week when no federal benefits were provided, with the
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Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Virginia has submitted its application for $1 billion in federal Rural Health Transformation funding. Read more at https://t.co/NQOX96vvqN
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Do you work with an organization that is passionate about providing wrap around care for pregnant and postpartum women? Apply for funding to start or expand a perinatal health hub in your community by Dec 1. Learn more: https://t.co/0HWOOJWzVE
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