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05/26/2022 - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - The White House on Thursday announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread over the summer travel season.
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05/26/2022 - Charleston Gazette Mail
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia reported 641 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as active cases decreased to 2,157.
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05/26/2022 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice has canceled this week’s coronavirus briefing as he is receiving treatment for possible Lyme disease.
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05/26/2022 - WVNews by: Charles Young
WASHINGTON, DC - West Virginia Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito renewed their pledge Wednesday to preserve and safeguard medical services for the state’s veterans.
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05/26/2022 - The Associated Press by: John Raby
CHARLESTON, WV - Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement just as closing arguments were set to begin in a seven-week trial over the opioid epidemic, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday.
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05/25/2022 - NPR by: Rob Stein
WASHINGTON, DC - Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic began, a team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health started putting hundreds of people under the microscope to try to get clues to why some patients might end up with long-lasting health problems.
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05/25/2022 - The Hill by: Caroline Vakil
WASHINGTON, DC - A new study published on Tuesday found that long COVID-19 symptoms can last 14.8 months after initial infection.
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