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NEW YORK CITY, NY - Even as the country continues to grapple with various problems associated with COVID-19 testing, another event is about to hit that could complicate the coronavirus pandemic further and prove devastating to patients, providers, and the entire U.S. healthcare system: the flu season.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he plans to hold a vote as soon as this week on a narrow COVID-19 relief package that leaves out several healthcare industry priorities.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Knowing it may be met with some skepticism, the Trump administration Thursday announced a sweeping plan that officials say will transform health care in rural America.

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WASHINGTON, DC - At the height of the coronavirus lockdown, President Donald Trump and his top health advisers trumpeted a new test that would help Americans reclaim their lives — one that would tell them if they already had the virus and were protected from getting it again.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - Shani Berry of Fayette County was admitted to the hospital the Saturday before her water broke unexpectedly on May 17. She was only 26 weeks along in her pregnancy.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Resources and Services Administration said it is evaluating potential sanctions on increasingly aggressive actions by drugmakers to crack down on 340B drug discounts through contract pharmacies.

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CHARLESTON, WV - State Adjutant General Jim Hoyer says Gov. Jim Justice has instructed him to ramp up efforts to prepare for the possible arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine in the months ahead.

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