A new Virginia law is looking to give parents some peace of mind with stricter regulations for baby food products.

A new law goes into effect on Jan. 1 that requires companies to test baby food for toxins and make those results available ...

New regulations take effect on January 1, 2026 to provide Virginia parents access to information regarding the testing of ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency in response to the coronavirus on March 12. Within two weeks, schools were closed, as were gyms, beauty salons, and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A wave of new laws in Virginia is set to take effect in the New Year, and several can impact your life ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia is launching a voluntary program to help schools and child care centers detect potentially dangerous levels of lead in drinking water. As the effort gets underway, it’s ...

A COVID-19 testing site at a local community center in downtown Richmond. About 150 of the 200 available tests were used at this site Tuesday. (Courthouse News Service photo / Brad Kutner) RICHMOND, ...

The Virginia Department of Health recently announced plans to close community coronavirus testing centers across the state, citing a steep decline in demand and the availability of PCR and rapid ...

RICHMOND – Virginia's Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, the state's public health and environmental laboratory, is now testing for the new coronavirus, COVID-19. Previously, all samples ...

Richmond Mayor LeVar Stoney recently said Virginia needs to dramatically expand covid-19 testing before it reopens its economy. "We’re not doing the kind of real-time, instantaneous testing that I ...

After the state of Virginia announced last week a change in how it will count individual coronavirus tests, an article in Just the News examined the possible impact of the change on Virginia and its ...

Illinois, California and Nevada have also banned cosmetic animal testing. Virginia has now become the fourth state to put an end to cosmetic animal testing and sales of animal-tested cosmetics. Gov.