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MORGANTOWN, WV - Despite the many challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center labs were largely able to stay open and functional, allowing critical research to continue.

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WASHINGTON, DC - President Joe Biden will roll out new measures Tuesday designed to expand coronavirus testing and reinforce hospitals against an anticipated wave of infections from the more contagious Omicron variant that could strain the nation’s health system once again.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The omicron variant now makes up a majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States, at 73.2 percent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in updated figures released on Monday.

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CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia hospital leaders are warning that projections show the state approaching the highest number of covid-19 hospitalizations since the pandemic began.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - The start of the West Virginia Legislature’s regular session is almost three weeks away, and lawmakers are already discussing one proposal to provide state workers with higher salaries.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.V.) bombshell announcement that he won't support President Joe Biden's $1.7 trillion social spending agenda puts key healthcare provisions at risk.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Clinical leaders from community hospitals throughout West Virginia are issuing a statement through the West Virginia Hospital Association due to the current rise in COVID-19 cases.

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