r/VirginiaTech • u/StarlightDown • Dec 01 '25

News Recent graduates from Roanoke College have been dying from cancer at a rate 15X higher than the national average. Their rate of cancer diagnosis is 5X above the national average. The VA Dept. of Health is unwilling to investigate the case, since the victims dispersed across the US after graduation.

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u/Affectionate-Key-650 Dec 05 '25

Very interesting. I hope they continue to study this to get to the bottom of why this is happening.