VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is taking a significant step in improving emergency care with the use of portable ultrasound machines. This technology is expected ...

One of two Virginia Senate Democrats who sided with Republicans to pass a bill that forces women to undergo an ultrasound prior to getting an abortion now says the bill went “way too far.” Sen. Phil ...

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — The Bristol, Virginia Fire Department (BVFD) paramedics will now be able to conduct ultrasound assessments in the field with the department’s new innovative device: the Phillips ...

Charles Steger, the former president of Virginia Tech, has joined the Focused Ultrasound Foundation’s Council, The Charlottesville-based foundation was started by Dr. Neal F. Kassell, a University of ...

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has reversed his decision on a controversial bill that would require women to have a vaginal ultrasound before an abortion. Following a strong backlash from protesters, who ...

PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - The Virginia state Senate on Tuesday approved a law forcing a woman to have an ultrasound before an abortion but left out a provision harshly criticized by women's ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Abdominal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions in Virginia will become mandatory starting July 1 under a law signed Wednesday by the state's Republican governor, who had faced ...

Update: Ultrasound, HPV, 'personhood' bills clear Senate panel. Update: House passes weaker version of mandatory ultrasound bill, requiring ultrasound, but not "transvaginal" one. Update: McDonnell ...

Opposition continues to build against a bill requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound before performing an abortion and women’s rights groups are optimistic it’s enough to force a significant ...

Virginia's proposed ultrasound bill requiring a transvaginal procedure prior to an abortion got a lot of women angry this week. Turns out, one of those women happened to be married to a GOP lawmaker ...