Parents have moved to recall a member of the Fairfax County School Board who seems determined to risks student’s childhood development by keeping them in prolonged confinement. The development could mark a turning point for Fairfax County Public Schools, which has seen its enrollment drop by 5.4% since 2019. The Washington Free Beacon adds: Open […]
Kathy Davis’ family has won the right to use Ivermectin to treat her COVID-19 infection. Davis received her first and second doses of the antiparasitic on Monday in a Fauquier County hospital’s ICU. The development followed a court ruling stating that the hospital had to comply with her family’s wishes. The Daily Wire reports: On […]
It’s no secret that the pandemic has had a devastating impact on student development and social anxiety. Missing months of in-person learning and critical social interaction has lead to increased academic and mental health challenges for kids everywhere. Preliminary estimates by the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) suggests some students are as much as one grade […]
Drug overdoses aren’t merely rising in Virginia—they’re on pace to break a state record. Experts attribute the increasing number of fatalities on the spread of fentanyl and social isolation brought about by the pandemic. As Virginia Mercury reports: Drug deaths in the commonwealth increased 22 percent during the first half of this year compared with […]
Drug overdose deaths are surging in Central Virginia. In fact, they’ve spiked as much as 35% since the pandemic began. CBS 6 News reports: RICHMOND, Va. — For Dixie Lewis’s 24-year-old sister Savannah, recovery meetings at the McShin Foundation were a lifeline. “You need those people in the meetings. You need to hear what they […]
Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has promised the citizens of Virginia that he won’t mandate masks or vaccines to fight coronavirus. But unlike some Republican governors, he won’t block localities from implementing their own COVID-19 mandates. Richmond’s WRIC reports: “Localities are going to have to make decisions the way the law works and that is going to […]
