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MORGANTOWN, WV - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito and the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health (NIDA), Dr. Nora Volkow, visited West Virginia University’s (WVU) Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) along with Director Dr. Ali Rezai today.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Lessons learned by the Legislature during the 2020 election and the 2021 redistricting process are translating to legislation for 2022.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - The Monongalia Co. Health Department (MCHD) held a third “Pediatric Pfizer Vaccine Clinic” at the WVU Rec Center on Friday afternoon, Nov. 12.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - According to research from West Virginia University, COVID-19 patients living in rural areas who end up in an intensive care unit face a greater risk of dying, impacting population health.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The government on Friday directed nursing homes to open their doors wide to visitors, easing many remaining pandemic restrictions while urging residents, families and facility staff to keep their guard up against outbreaks.

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WASHINGTON, DC - In 2019, three-fourths of the country's 201,092 sepsis-related deaths were among people aged 65 and older, according to a report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics published Nov. 10.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - The earliest wave of COVID-19 spared much of rural America, striking people who live in urban areas with far more frequency.

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