by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 6, 2023 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Health, Politics
Local grape-growers are on tenterhooks, in the face of expert warnings that a sap-sucking agricultural vandal – the invasive spotted lanternfly – most likely will descend on their vineyards in the coming spring. An adept hitchhiker, the pest already has Rappahannock...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Nov 27, 2022 | Health
Alpha-gal Syndrome has emerged as the latest rising threat among tick-borne diseases in the area since its discovery in 2009. The allergy to meat sourced from mammals has begun to make its presence known as it continues to plague local residents. Alpha-gal Syndrome is...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Nov 25, 2022 | Health
Did the COVID-19 pandemic mask an alarming rise of tick-borne diseases in Rappahannock County? In recent years, experts have gained a better understanding of the various illnesses caused by the parasitic bloodsuckers skulking in local grasses. But local residents and...
by Randy Rieland | Jun 15, 2022 | Health
The immense toll an intense childhood disease took on two Rappahannock families It’s like being struck by lightning. That’s how Lynnie Genho describes how she and her husband John felt last June when they were told their then six-year-old daughter, Anne, had cancer,...
