The Roanoke City and Alleghany County Health Districts are advising the community on the importance of sleep. Proper sleep and exercise are important for overall health and well-being as the CDC has linked bad sleeping habits to health issues,

The number of emergency department visits is continuing to grow. Most areas in Southwest Virginia are seeing an increase in all three viruses; however, more people need treatment for RSV. RSV affects children more than anyone, but the number of adults getting it this winter is growing.

A commercial flock of broiler chickens on the Eastern Shore has tested positive for H5N1, or bird flu. According to an announcement from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the entire operation in Accomack County had been quarantined with a 10-kilometer (6 mile) perimeter.

(NEXSTAR) — Respiratory illnesses are spreading throughout the U.S., causing multiple states to see a spike in hospital visits. The latest data shows another virus, known as HMPV, has also been spiking in some parts of the country.

While Virginia is still on par with a typical flu season, influenza and COVID-19 infection rates are spiking about two weeks later than usual, according to Tracey

Stacker analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify the most common settings for foodborne outbreaks in West Virginia.

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CDC testing data for the same period reveals that 6.6 percent of COVID-19 tests came back positive, with Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin seeing the highest test positivity rates of any region at 8.9 percent.

A 'quad-demic' of winter illnesses is surging throughout the South, Midwest, and parts of the Northeast US, according to the latest surveillance data reported this week by the CDC.

COVID-19 tests across the country came back positive, but Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin had an 8.9 percent rate.

"Those can certainly have a very adverse effect on Raleigh." For much of Raleigh's life, Fisher could take comfort in the high childhood vaccination rate in Tennessee -- a public health bright spot in a conservative state with poor health outcomes and one of the shortest life expectancies in the nation.

The CDC has put out new bird flu guidelines amid a new case announced this week in Accomack County on Virginia's Eastern Shore.