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Anti-smokers told state, not Va. Beach, has power

VIRGINIA BEACH If Chic's Beach residents want to snuff out smoking on their waterfront, it looks like they're going to have to take the issue to Richmond.

Get in fight early to beat sneaky hepatitis C virus

How Ronald Spann contracted hepatitis C may always be a mystery. What the virus has done to his 53-year-old body, however, is not. By the time his first symptom arose in 1995, hepatitis C had been quietly lurking for decades, damaging his liver so badly he needed a transplant.

CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C

ATLANTA For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in draft recommendations issued Friday.

Va. Beach water samples clear of E. coli bacteria

VIRGINIA BEACH Residents near the intersection of Rosemont Road and South Plaza Trail are now free to drink the water again after new testing did not show E. coli bacteria.

Plea deal reached in Capitol abortion protest arrests

RICHMOND At the end of a hearing Friday, a plea deal was reached to resolve charges against many of the 30 people facing trespassing misdemeanors after being arrested during a March 3 abortion-rights protest at the state Capitol.

E.coli in Va. Beach water sample; other tests negative

VIRGINIA BEACH A water sample taken during routine testing found E. coli bacteria in a single sample taken near the intersection of Rosemont Road and South Plaza Trail, the city announced in a news release this morning.

Suffolk woman arrested in $700K Medicaid fraud case

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The owner of a Suffolk home health care company has been indicted on federal charges of bilking the government's Medicaid program out of $700,000.

N.C. panel OKs compensation for eugenics victims

RALEIGH, N.C.  A bill to provide compensation to people who were sterilized against their will continues to move through the North Carolina Legislature. A House finance committee approved the bill today and sent it to the appropriations committee. Approval came after an amendment to limit the compensation only to living victims failed.

Study: Price hikes may drive healthcare costs

By J. Lester Feder A new study could pose a challenge to the basic premise of President Barack Obama’s approach to controlling health costs — that spending will come down if doctors don’t give patients as much unnecessary medical care.

Virginia medical helicopter pilot dodges military jets

By Sarah Bruyn Jones

ROANOKE A medical transport helicopter had a close call with three military jets Thursday night in Rockbridge County, just north of Lexington. A pilot and three crew members were on board the Carilion Clinic craft. They were returning after dropping off a patient at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, according to Carilion spokesman Eric Earnhart.