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10/08/2025 - West Virginia Watch
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s sale of a state-owned nursing home in Beckley is prompting a lot of unknowns, including what’s going to happen to inmates who reside on a floor in the facility.
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10/07/2025 - WVNews
CHARLESTON, WV - Educational institutions in West Virginia are reporting higher-than-ever Emergency Medical Services (EMS) course pass rates, which state officials attribute to new efforts to empower instructors and implement stricter guidelines.
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10/07/2025 - West Virginia Watch
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Medicaid rate increases for home and community‑based services providers who take care of individuals who are elderly and disabled, those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and individuals living with traumatic brain injuries.
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10/07/2025 - West Virginia Watch
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health argues that when it comes to school vaccine requirements, there should be no difference between religious and philosophical objections to the shots.
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10/07/2025 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s Medicaid system faces significant changes through the recently-passed “Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” including implementation of a work requirement structure, a state agency leader told lawmakers.
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Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center’s Gerasimovich recognized with DAISY Award for nursing excellence
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10/06/2025 - Roll Call
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Health care providers across the country are canceling telehealth visits with Medicare beneficiaries or warning patients they will have to pay out of pocket for appointments because Congress let coverage lapse.
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10/06/2025 - Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, WV - For years, Republicans in Congress have worked to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
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10/06/2025 - West Virginia Watch
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One morning earlier this year, as Deb Capistrano came on duty for her shift as a nurse in her hospital’s stroke unit, her colleagues from the night shift warned her that one of her patients for the day was a man who’d been threatening to harm them.
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10/06/2025 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - Doctors and health departments around the state are pleased to see the West Virginia Department of Health’s annual respiratory vaccine guidelines released as healthcare providers try to advise patients on what they do and don’t need.
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10/06/2025 - WCHS
CHARLESTON, WV - The Affordable Care Act was a historic change for health care nationwide when it was implemented 15 years ago.
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