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02/14/2024 - WVNews
CHARLESTON, WV - Senator Joe Manchin is supporting a joint effort to write the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision into law.
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02/14/2024 - Becker's Clinical Leadership by: Ashleigh Howell
WASHINGTON D.C. - Aduhelm, a drug that received accelerated approval from the FDA for Alzheimer's treatment, has shown success in early trials.
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02/14/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Senators are advancing a bill that would expand requirements for work or employment training for able-bodied adults without dependents for benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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02/14/2024 - The Parkersburg News & Sentinel
CHARLESTON, WV - Smoking in cars with children is banned in 11 states, and lawmakers are pushing to join them in West Virginia, where more adults use cigarettes than anywhere else in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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02/14/2024 - The Inter-Mountain
CHARLESTON, WV - Winter is a difficult time of year for many, as seasonal factors may add to already significant mental health challenges.
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02/14/2024 - The Herald-Dispatch
CHARLESTON, WV - There are bipartisan efforts to increase West Virginia’s economic development.
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02/14/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Medicine Children’s Gala celebrated its 20th anniversary by raising $1.45 million to aid West Virginia children and their families.
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02/14/2024 - WVNews
FAIRMONT, WV - WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday (Feb. 12) for its new central energy plant, marking a significant milestone in its ongoing multi-phase expansion project.
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02/14/2024 - Mon Health
KINGWOOD, WV - Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital held its annual health fair in Newberg, West Virginia, offering free and low-cost health screenings and health education to the community.
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02/14/2024 - Mon Health
WESTON, WV - Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital offers specialized menopause medicine through specialist and OB-GYN, Dr. Carolyn Moyers.
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02/14/2024 - WTRF
MORGANTOWN, WV - The 2024 Super Bowl will likely inspire some young Ohio Valley athletes to achieve greatness on the field.
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02/13/2024 - Mountain State Spotlight by: Erin Beck
CHARLESTON, WV - In 2022, more than 600 West Virginians were committed to psychiatric hospitals without their consent because a local court official found they were suicidal or a danger to others.
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02/13/2024 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - The Senate advanced a bill on Monday to discourage adults from smoking in their vehicles when kids are present.
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02/13/2024 - MetroNews by: Katherine Skeldon
CHARLESTON, WV - Cancer advocates from around the state gathered at the state capitol for a day to urge lawmakers to prioritize creating more legislation to help bring an end to cancer-related suffering and death.
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02/13/2024 - The Dominion Post by: David Beard
CHARLESTON, WV - Senate and House committees took up and approved bills on Monday creating the Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act.
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02/13/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Four men running for the Republican nomination for governor are not inclined to change West Virginia’s near ban on abortion.
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02/13/2024 - The Dominion Post by: David Beard
MORGANTOWN, WV - Here is a sampling of bills introduced Monday, Feb. 12. Local sponsors and co-sponsors are noted.
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02/13/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health System is pleased to announce that Kevin Gessler Jr., Vice President of Finance for the North Region of Vandalia Health and Mon Health System, has been appointed to Leadership West Virgina’s (LWV) 2024 class.
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02/13/2024 - The Inter-Mountain
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is proud to announce that they are now partnering with Life Line Screening.
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02/13/2024 - WVVA by: Gailyn Markham
BECKLEY, WV - February is American Heart Month, and, on Friday, Raleigh General Hospital (RGH) in Beckley held a health fair to mark the occasion.
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02/13/2024 - WVVA by: Robert Castillo
PRINCETON, WV - February has been designated as Heart Month, it’s a time used to emphasize the importance of heart health.
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02/13/2024 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Maria Young
CHARLESTON, WV - Long before her son, Jake, was born at CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital last month, Shannon Stewart carefully weighed the best options for caring for him, including how best to feed him.
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02/13/2024 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - St. Joseph’s Hospital recognized the World Day of the Sick on Wednesday, February 7th with a prayer service and the “Blessing of the Hands” in the hospital’s chapel.
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02/13/2024 - The Washington Post by: Lena Sun
WASHINGTON D.C. - Americans who test positive for the coronavirus no longer need to routinely stay home from work and school for five days under new guidance planned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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02/12/2024 - MetroNews by: Carrie Hodousek
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia Hospital Association President and CEO Jim Kaufman says his industry is facing a number of challenges including price increases and staffing shortages.
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02/12/2024 - WV Press Association by: Autumn Shelton
CHARLESTON, WV - A bill that would expand the number of professionals who can diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in first responders for workers’ compensation claims has been moved out of the House Committee on Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services, but continued work on the bill may be needed before it makes it into law.
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02/12/2024 - WV Press Association
CHARLESTON, WV - The Senate Health and Human Resources Committee, on Thursday, advanced two bills designed to bolster laws surrounding pregnancies in West Virginia.
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02/12/2024 - Charleston Gazette Mail by: Roger Adkins
CHARLESTON, WV - A bill approved Friday by the West Virginia House of Delegates proposes to restrict language that can be used on birth certificates.
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02/12/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely
CHARLESTON, WV - House Democrats tried on Friday to amend legislation known as a “Women’s Bill of Rights,” proposing additions to the bill like equal pay protections, eight weeks of paid family leave and getting rid of the tax on feminine hygiene products.
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02/12/2024 - WVNews by: Charles Young
CHARLESTON, WV - The 2024 session of the West Virginia Legislature is now more than halfway over, but the real action has yet to begin.
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