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CHARLESTON, WV - Active COVID-19 cases increased for a second straight day in West Virginia Thursday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Health systems could reduce supply chain costs if third-party companies were permitted to repair medical devices, as President Joe Biden's executive order directs.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has earmarked $90 million to fund the establishment of six centers of excellence that will be tasked with developing technologies to address microbial threats to public health.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The budget package Democrats are assembling in Congress would likely provide the biggest jolt to the American healthcare system since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, according to sources familiar with work on the plan.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Digital health companies globally raised nearly $15 billion in the first half of the year, more than double the amount raised during the same period in 2020, according to a new report from market research firm Mercom Capital Group.

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CHARLESTON, WV - After months of questions around a new West Virginia law on harm reduction, and a legal challenge to its constitutionality, a federal judge has ruled that the measure is enforceable.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Half of the people who wanted to “wait and see” before getting the coronavirus vaccine earlier this year have now gotten a shot, according to the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, a project tracking public attitudes about the vaccine.

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