RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) are looking for more than 1,000 incoming freshmen to participate in its “Spit for Science” study — the largest genetic and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A study done at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in collaboration with Swedish researchers suggests that women have a higher genetic predisposition to develop ...

Posted: November 14, 2025 | Last updated: November 14, 2025 According to the VCU Center on Society and Health, the total cost of the opioid epidemic in Virginia increased from $3.5 billion in 2021 to ...

Deaths attributed to COVID-19 only account for about two-thirds of the increase in deaths in the U.S. in March and April, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new study from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has found that a new program using virtual reality has been shown to reduce conduct problems, aggression and other ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A recent study conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has found that a new virtual reality program helped to reduce aggression and conduct problems in children. The ...

Sayed “Obi” Aseem, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the VCU School of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine and is part of the VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and ...

A Virginia Commonwealth University study has found that nearly a quarter of the hospitals it surveyed face financial challenges as federal health-care reforms take effect. VCU researchers looked at ...

VCU spearheads $50M study on tech, innovation to treat veterans’ brain injuries Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond received a $50 million grant to oversee a research consortium of U.S.

The claim: People who use electronic cigarettes smoke fewer regular cigarettes and so have lower risk of smoking-related cancer. Truthfully, there isn’t enough data to support either claim, said a ...

According to the VCU Center on Society and Health, the total cost of the opioid epidemic in Virginia increased from $3.5 billion in 2021 to $5.2 billion in 2023.