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WASHINGTON, DC - The Supreme Court will take up three healthcare cases in the next term, including one involving Medicare payments to providers and cuts to the hospital discount drug program.

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HUNTINGTON, WV - After more than six weeks and dozens of witnesses, Huntington and Cabell County have finished presenting their arguments that drug distributors fueled the opioid crisis. Now, the companies will have their say.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Johnson & Johnson plans to initiate its first study of its COVID-19 vaccine involving adolescents ages 12-17 in the fall, an executive said Wednesday during a Johns Hopkins University of Washington event.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Preliminary data show that Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose coronavirus vaccine could be effective against the delta variant (B.1.617.2) of the coronavirus.

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CHARLESTON, WV - “This is a different virus. It’s much more transmissible; it’s much more infectious.”

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WASHINGTON, DC - The COVID-19 pandemic caused the first contraction of the healthcare industry in the modern era, causing lucrative elective procedures to be sidelined as health systems wrangled with filled beds and spreading disease.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled the first in a series of rules aimed at banning surprise billing.

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