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08/23/2021 - The Associated Press by: Lauran Neergaard
WASHINGTON, DC - Probably at some point, but health officials still are collecting the data needed to decide.
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08/23/2021 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - St. Joseph’s Hospital is expanding its testing hours in response to the increase in COVID-19 infections.
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08/23/2021 - The Times Leader
WHEELING, WV - Effective Monday, WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital and WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital will reinstate strict visitation policies to reduce the risk of spreading the highly infectious COVID-19 virus to both inpatients and external customers.
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08/23/2021 - NPR by: Aneri Pattani
WASHINGTON, DC - For years, Kayla West watched the opioid epidemic tear through her eastern Tennessee community.
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08/23/2021 - Modern Healthcare by: Daniel R. George and Dr. Peter J. Whitehouse
WASHINGTON, DC - In June, the Food and Drug Administration's controversial approval of Biogen's aducanumab (marketed as Aduhelm) for Alzheimer's disease stirred up more questions than answers.
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08/23/2021 - MetroNews by: Carrie Hodousek
CHARLESTON, WV - While COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise, ICU beds are still available to treat sick patients in West Virginia, unlike other states dealing with overcrowding.
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08/23/2021 - The Hill by: Ellen Mitchell
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. military will move to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for all service members now that the Pfizer vaccine has full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Pentagon’s top spokesperson announced Monday.
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