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CHARLESTON, WV - As another possible COVID Delta surge looms, vaccination rates are lagging, and state and health officials say the consequences may be dire.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine has launched an alternative time-tracking tool and says no sensitive employee data is at risk following the ransomware attack against Ultimate Kronos Group, which the organization uses for timekeeping.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Healthcare providers, insurers and their business associates have reported 664 data breaches to the federal government since the start of the year, surpassing the total number of breaches reported in 2020.

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CHARLESTON, WV - U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Sunday he cannot vote for Democrats’ sweeping domestic policy framework, bringing all efforts to get the plan through Congress to a halt.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health advisers recommended Thursday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Biden administration on Thursday asked that the Supreme Court allow it to impose its vaccine mandate on health care workers nationwide after lower courts froze it in two dozen mostly Republican-led states.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Pfizer and BioNTech completed their request to the Food and Drug Administration to approve their Covid-19 vaccine for children as young as 12, the companies announced Friday.

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