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06/07/2022 - The Blue Field Daily Telegraph by: Charles Boothe
BLUEFIELD, WV - As new COVID cases keep rising around the state, long-term care facilities are also being hit, with Stonerise Princeton reporting a major outbreak.
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06/07/2022 - Modern Healthcare by: Kail Cohen
WASHINGTON, DC - Hospitals in rural settings face a different challenge in controlling readmission rates than urban hospitals do.
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06/07/2022 - WVNews by: Charles Young
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia officials are monitoring for potential cases of monkeypox, but none have been identified so far, according to the state health officer.
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06/07/2022 - Pittsburgh Business Times by: Kris B. Mamula
MORGANTOWN, WV - Former WellSpan Health executive Carrie E. Willets was named president and CEO of WVU Medicine’s Uniontown Hospital in Fayette County on Tuesday, succeeding physician David Hess.
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06/07/2022 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice said he might call a special session this month to deal with millions of dollars in money that has come in ahead of estimates, and he is reassessing his position on a possible gas tax holiday.
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06/06/2022 - NPR by: Rob Stein
WASHINGTON, DC - A vaccine that may entice some people who have been hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19 appears to be highly effective, Food and Drug Administration scientists concluded in documents released Friday.
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06/06/2022 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - Numbers are down in West Virginia nursing homes for the second COVID-19 booster shot compared to the first booster.
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