Why the Daily Planet is expanding its footprint to East Cary Street in downtown Richmond

“RICHMOND, Va. — A sprawling 25,000-square-foot office building at 24 East Cary Street is currently under construction to add medical services for Richmond’s underserved population.

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Why the Daily Planet is expanding its footprint to East Cary Street in downtown Richmond

Richmond’s heat dome is only getting hotter this weekend

“Richmond has been under a heat dome this week, with heat indexes (a feels-like temperature that accounts for humidity, though not direct sun) into the 90s every day — and it’s expected to only get hotter this weekend.

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Richmond’s heat dome is only getting hotter this weekend

Richmond’s Daily Planet collecting cold weather supplies for the unsheltered

“RICHMOND, Va. — A Richmond non-profit is asking for the public’s help following a successful bottled water drive over the summer.

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Richmond’s Daily Planet collecting cold weather supplies for the unsheltered

Organizations teach others how to save someone from an overdose

“RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Along West Grace Street on Thursday morning, Daily Planet Health Services set up a table to teach people how they can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

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Organizations teach others how to save someone from an overdose

Silvia Garcia Murcia: From unaccompanied minor to physician assistant

“Once a refugee, the Honduras native is giving back to the Richmond community that welcomed her. Silvia Garcia Murcia’s journey to becoming a physician assistant in Richmond has been anything but simple.

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Silvia Garcia Murcia: From unaccompanied minor to physician assistant

As Richmond’s unsheltered population hits a 15-year high, people and groups work to help those in need

“RICHMOND, Va. — The Daily Planet Health services on West Grace Street in Richmond focuses largely on wraparound medical services for unsheltered individuals and low-income families in the Richmond region.

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As Richmond’s unsheltered population hits a 15-year high, people and groups work to help those in need

How you can help Central Virginia families during Poverty Awareness Month

“RICHMOND, Va. — January is recognized as Poverty Awareness Month to raise awareness and call attention to the increase in hardship in America.

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How you can help Central Virginia families during Poverty Awareness Month

Jean-Venable “Kelly” Goode recognized as one of the nation’s top women in pharmacy

“Jean-Venable “Kelly” Goode, Pharm.D., had been working for months with a patient who was fighting to control his diabetes while experiencing homelessness.

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Jean-Venable “Kelly” Goode recognized as one of the nation’s top women in pharmacy

Out of Room

“Barbara Barbour Whittaker has managed to navigate a lifetime of job losses, drug addiction, broken families and even the tragic loss of her oldest daughter, Neisha, three years ago.

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Out of Room

This sea of white crosses serves as a grim reminder of record-breaking overdoses: ‘It’s life and death’

“RICHMOND, Va. — Flags around Virginia are flying at half-staff on Wednesday to mark International Overdose Day. In both the United States and Virginia, there was a record number of overdose deaths in 2021, driven largely by fentanyl.

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This sea of white crosses serves as a grim reminder of record-breaking overdoses: ‘It’s life and death’