The Hub Report - 06.02.25

May 23, 2025

RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is reporting the state’s second measles case of the year. The patient is a teenager (13-17 years) in the Northwest Region who recently traveled internationally. To protect the family’s privacy, VDH will not provide any additional information about the patient. Health officials are coordinating efforts to identify anyone who might have been exposed. Read more. 

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Virginia’s state and local agencies are required to manage all public records, including electronic records, according to the Virginia Public Records Act, or VPRA (Code of Virginia § 42.1-76–§ 42.1-91). On June 9 and 27 at 10am, there will be an electronic records management training that will discuss record retention requirements. The presentations will last approximately 45 minutes, followed by a Q & A session. These trainings will only be offered live and will not be recorded. No prior registration is required. 

Monday, June 9th at 10am                                   Friday, June 27th at 10am
Teams Meeting Link                                               Teams Meeting Link
Meeting ID: 227 250 665 847                                 Meeting ID: 284 672 110 85                        Passcode: kt2cS933                                               Passcode: Am3zk6zV 

For more information on records retention, see the Records Retention webpage (intranet access required). Guidance documents and previous trainings are available. 

• Tuesday, June 10 12 1:30-3 PM

• Take your media program to the next level on June 10, with communications and public health experts who will share how to:

  • Build a culture of and an infrastructure for news response within your organization

  • Create a media requests review, approval, and preparation process

  • Monitor media to plan or pitch thought leadership opportunities

  • Identify and prepare spokespeople

  • Develop standing-ready talking points

• Registration Link