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MORGANTOWN, WV - Surgeons at WVU Medicine performed the state’s first liver explant for tumor resection and liver autotransplant — a very rare procedure that requires a multi-disciplinary team of heart and liver transplant surgeons to care for one patient.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Pharmaceutical company Merck agreed to allow other drug makers to produce its COVID-19 pill, in a move aimed at helping millions of people in poorer countries get access to the potentially life-saving drug, a United Nations-backed public health organization said on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Millions of Americans can now opt for an extra shot of protection against COVID-19, regardless of the vaccine they initially received.

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CLARKSBURG, WV - On Tuesday, the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg hosted a COVID-19 booster vaccination clinic.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine will offer booster COVID vaccines from 8 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 29 at its vaccine clinic in the former Sears location at the Morgantown Mall.

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HUNTINGTON, WV - Hoops Family Children’s Hospital (HFCH) at Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH), a member of Mountain Health Network (MHN), is now providing pediatric monoclonal antibody infusions for the treatment of COVID-19. HFCH began providing the infusions earlier this month.

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CHARLESTON, WV - While COVID-19 vaccines could be available for children by next week, 4,316 West Virginians — more than the populations of all but 33 incorporated towns or cities in the state — have died from the virus as of Tuesday, according to the state.

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