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HUNTINGTON, WV - Mountain Health Network is working to expand COVID-19 testing capabilities as the system balances testing its patient population and furthering public health.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - Following an emergency work session on Wednesday, a plan is forming that would ask Governor Jim Justice to remove WVU’s COVID-19 statistics from the numbers used to determine whether schools can hold in-person classes and prep sports can be played.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - Officials with Mon Health System held a virtual presentation Wednesday to detail the last fiscal year, including the loss of $20 million in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Hospitals that received COVID-19 relief loans from Medicare expected that CMS would cut off their fee-for-service reimbursement after four months, but as deadlines have passed the agency apparently hasn't started garnishing payments.

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WASHINGTON, DC - A handful of the dozens of experimental COVID-19 vaccines in human testing have reached the last and biggest hurdle—looking for the needed proof that they really work.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring.

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WHEELING, WV - Officials in the city of Wheeling are preparing to hold a multi-day auction of equipment and furnishings that remain inside buildings at the former Ohio Valley Medical Center campus.

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