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08/23/2022 - The Associated Pressq
CHARLESTON, WV - A West Virginia hospital will receive $313,700 in pandemic relief funds through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Program.
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08/22/2022 - NPR by: Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON, DC - The majority of people likely infected with the omicron variant that causes COVID-19 were not aware they contracted the virus, which likely played a role in the rapid spread of omicron, according to a study published this week.
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08/22/2022 - The Hill by: Zach Schonfeld
WASHINGTON, DC - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday cleared Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in adolescents, paving the way to expand eligibility for the fourth shot available in the United States.
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08/22/2022 - The Daily Yonder by: Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven
WASHINGTON, DC - When an independently owned rural hospital is in financial crisis, hospital leaders often say they’d be able to survive if only a big hospital system would come in and buy them.
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08/22/2022 - WVNews by: JoAnn Snoderly
CHARLESTON, WV - New cases of HIV continue to be diagnosed at a higher rate in West Virginia, with a majority of cases linked to injection drug use.
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08/22/2022 - WOWK by: Jessica Patterson
RIPLEY, WV - WVU Medicine Jackson General Hospital broke ground on a new hospital wing this afternoon, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.
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08/22/2022 - WVNews by: Charles Young
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia has received nearly 700 doses of monkeypox vaccines, according to the state health officer.
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