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CHARLESTON, WV - While hospitals are constantly trying to address staffing issues, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a shortage of dementia care specialists threatens to bring about a full-blown crisis for Alzheimer's disease care in the Mountain State.

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CHARLESTON, WV - As lawmakers in West Virginia overwhelmingly passed legislation this session to prohibit syringe service programs from distributing safe smoking materials — a medically sound option to decrease more risky intravenous drug use — experts who work in harm reduction have been left to ponder one question: Why?

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CLARKSBURG, WV - Grab some tissues because allergy season is approaching.

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LEWISBURG, WV - The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) will now offer a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences degree program.

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CHARLESTON, WV - As medical professionals started to gather outside the governor’s reception room to encourage a veto of a bill loosening school vaccination requirements, Gov. Jim Justice said he has not yet made a decision.

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CHARLESTON, WV - On behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the West Virginia Chapter of the AAP (WVAAP), we urge you to veto HB 5105 and protect West Virginia’s children and the public at large from preventable illnesses.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Nearly five months after first forming, the private foundation set up to distribute hundreds of millions of dollars of opioid settlement funds will have its first executive director, and it is someone already familiar to the foundation.

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