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PRINCETON, WV - Princeton Community Hospital continues to be at capacity, with many patients in the Emergency Department waiting for a bed or to be transferred, and many staff out because of Covid.

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CHARLESTON, WV - As many as 350 members of the West Virginia National Guard could be needed to respond to COVID-19-related staffing shortages in the state’s hospitals, according to James Hoyer.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Hospital administrators across West Virginia expect the number of COVID-19 patients they are caring for to grow at least for the next few weeks as the state experiences the full impact of the Omicron variant.

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KINGWOOD, WV - U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., was in Preston County on Tuesday to talk about the infrastructure bill passed by Congress and signed into law.

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CHARLESTON, WV - With hospitals overwhelmed with the influx of COVID-19 patients and with a shortage of nurses and medical professionals, some believe that now is the moment to remove a possible barrier, West Virginia’s certificate of need law.

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MARTINSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center, Jefferson Medical Center and the WVU Health Sciences Center Eastern Campus are sponsoring a virtual community mini-medical school program on Tuesday entitled “Kids & COVID.”

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WASHINGTON, DC - Unvaccinated adults ages 65 and older are nearly 50 times more likely to be hospitalized than seniors who have received a full COVID-19 vaccine and a booster shot, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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