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07/07/2023 - NPR by: Jon Hamilton
WASHINGTON, DC - The Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the first drug shown to slow down Alzheimer's disease.
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07/07/2023 - The Associated Press by: Leah Willingham
CHARLESTON, WV - A physician with decades of experience working in emergency rooms in the southern West Virginia coalfields was on Wednesday named the first board director of a nonprofit tasked with distributing much of the state’s over $1 billion in opioid settlement money.
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07/06/2023 - WV News
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports that as of July 5, there have been no deaths reported since last week’s online dashboard update, with a total of 8,156 deaths in the state attributed to COVID-19.
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07/06/2023 - Parkersburg News and Sentinel by Steven Allen Adams
CHARLESTON, WV - August will mark one year since Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency because of severe staffing vacancies in West Virginia’s prisons and jails.
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07/06/2023 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - The Public Employees Insurance Agency is getting a new executive director.
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07/06/2023 - Mineral News and Tribune
MORGANTOWN, WV - Grant Memorial Hospital (GMH) in Petersburg officially became a full member of the West Virginia University Health System effective July 1.
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07/05/2023 - The Hill by: Joseph Choi
WASHINGTON, DC - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that almost 1 out of 4 people in the U.S. still hadn’t been exposed to COVID-19 by the end of 2022 after nearly three years of the pandemic.
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