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01/10/2024 - WV Public Broadcasting by: Randy Yohe
CHARLESTON, WV - The state’s developing plan to divert the mentally disabled from jails and state hospitals faces organizational and funding challenges.
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01/10/2024 - WTAP by: Chase Campbell
PARKERSBURG, WV - West Virginia lawmakers will convene in Charleston Wednesday for the first day of the 2024 legislative session.
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01/10/2024 - The New York Times by: Gina Kolata
WASHINGTON D.C. - There is a problem with the recently approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm.
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01/10/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Michael Folio
CHARLESTON, WV - During the 2023 legislative session, the West Virginia Legislature enacted House Bill 2006 that split the Department of Health and Human Resources into three agencies amid criticism of mismanagement, nonfeasance and retaliation.
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01/09/2024 - WV Press Association
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Committee on Volunteer Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services (EMS), on Sunday, heard presentations from both WV EMS Coalition Director Chris Hall and Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) Director Jody Ratliff.
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01/09/2024 - WCHS by: Anna Saunders
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia EMS Coalition Executive Director Chris Hall said ambulance wait times are only getting longer statewide, and the job is only getting harder.
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01/09/2024 - WBOY by: McKenna Galloway
CLARKSBURG, WV - West Virginia has been ranked as having the least healthy population by Forbes Advisor.
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