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MORGANTOWN, WV - The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill spurred by COVID-19 medical supply challenges; Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., was one of the sponsors.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday shut down one of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) biggest priorities, expanding Medicare, which Manchin warned would undermine the solvency of the broader program.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice on Friday signed 40 bills that the Legislature passed during an eight-day special session earlier this month.

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CHARLESTON, WV - While West Virginia COVID-19 hospitalizations have been trending down from a peak of 1,012 on Sept. 24, Dr. Clay Marsh on Friday raised concerns that hospitalizations of fully vaccinated people are ticking up, accounting for 24% of the current 686 patients.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Federal health regulators said late Friday that kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues, as the U.S. weighs beginning vaccinations in youngsters.

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CHARLESTON, WV - State officials spoke during Gov. Jim Justice's COVID-19 press briefing Friday regarding the authorization of booster doses for those who have received the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

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WHEELING, WV - Employees throughout WVU Medicine — including several local hospitals in the system — are looking at a delay on the system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

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