Updated: 7:06 PM A pharmacist said he's shocked the flu vaccine isn't as effective as doctors originally predicted.

Updated: 7:10 PM A Valley man is about to start his term as the Virginia State Ambassador for Prostate Cancer Awareness.

Updated: 5:50 PM Hospital staff are excited to open a new heart and vascular center.

Posted: 4:35 PM A federal grand jury has indicted four people in a 2009 salmonella outbreak linked to a Georgia peanut processing plant.

Updated: 10:45 PM Gov. Bob McDonnell is warning state legislative negotiators not to expand Medicaid in Virginia without major federal and state cost reductions first.

Updated: 7:40 PM In some areas, people are already feeling the effects of seasonal allergies.

Posted: 4:55 PM A bipartisan bill that would ban the sale of sweetened soft drinks in West Virginia public schools has lost its two Republican co-sponsors.

Posted: 4:53 PM Medicaid, child care and West Virginia's public defender program are among the would-be beneficiaries of spending proposals from Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

Posted: 2:20 PM Flu activity has declined in Virginia but it remains widespread.

Posted: 2:21 PM Since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, it's affected individuals, families, businesses, and one of the most obvious, the health care industry.

Updated: 7:21 PM The Virginia State Senate voted to expand Medicaid in Virginia. This comes a day after a local group lobbied for the expansion in Richmond.

Updated: 7:45 AM Today is National Black HIV Aids Awareness day. It's a way for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get the word out about testing and prevention.

Updated: 8:26 PM Students, interested in a career in health care, got an inside look at the field on Wednesday.

Updated: 5:58 PM One hospital is hiring nurses to fill the positions of recent retirees.

Updated: 6:39 AM A new survey out shows that 62 % of newly graduated nurses around the nation will have trouble finding jobs in the next year.

Updated: 7:25 PM This week is Burn Awareness Week. Thousands of children each year suffer from burns in the home and most of those are preventable.

Posted: 9:06 PM The Virginia Senate has passed legislation making it illegal for adults to smoke with kids in the car.

Updated: 6:48 PM Two counties and one city in the Valley rank among the healthiest areas to live in Virginia, according to a study by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

Posted: 2:12 PM Give the gift of a smile! We've been around the world, but now it's time to give the gift of smiles to the greater Harrisonburg community!

Posted: 10:34 AM Tobacco companies have introduced almost no cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products in the U.S. in more than 18 months because the federal government has prevented them from doing so.

Updated: 6:16 AM In this week's What's Going Around report, local doctors have been saying it for weeks, now federal health officials are echoing their warning... Get ready for a bad flu season.

Updated: 12:27 PM A federal appeals court has denied the government's request to rehear a challenge to a requirement that tobacco companies put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages.

Updated: 10:51 AM The Supreme Court has revived a Christian college's challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, with the acquiescence of the Obama administration.

Updated: 11:39 AM Gov. Bob McDonnell says Virginia will default to a federal health insurance exchange to meet its obligations under the federal health care overhaul.

Posted: 11:39 AM Hurricane Sandy is making it’s way to the Valley. FEMA urges all households to get supplies to make a basic emergency kit in case your power goes out.