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CHARLESTON, WV - At least a couple of private West Virginia schools are requiring students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The World Health Organization (WHO) is predicting that annual COVID-19 booster shots will be needed for people most vulnerable to the coronavirus, according to documents obtained by Reuters.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren't vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day—now down to under 300—could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Mass General Brigham, Beth Israel Lahey Health, and Wellforce will require vaccinations for employees, even those who do not have direct contact with patients, the systems announced yesterday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressional Democrats on Thursday unveiled a bill that would significantly expand access to services that help seniors and people with disabilities receive care in their homes and communities, following up on President Joe Biden's demands for such an investment in an infrastructure bill.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Biden administration is quietly engineering a series of expansions to Medicaid that may bolster protections for millions of low-income Americans and bring more people into the program.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Emergency departments and inpatient medical personnel rarely conducted HIV testing on intravenous drug users in a West Virginia county with one of the nation’s highest spikes in such cases, according to a federal investigation released Thursday.

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