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08/26/2020 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice has a legislative advisory committee for financial aspects of West Virginia’s covid response, but when asked he didn’t specify who is on it, when it next meets, what it oversees or whether the public should be able to see its discussions.
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08/26/2020 - The Register-Herald by: Mary Stillwell
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 25, 2020, there have been 403,394 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 9,395 total cases and 187 deaths.
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08/25/2020 - The Hill by: Zack Budryk
WASHINGTON, DC - The World Health Organization on Monday warned that the use of plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment for the coronavirus remains experimental despite the White House’s authorization of it Sunday.
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08/25/2020 - Modern Healthcare by: Michael Brady
WASHINGTON, DC - For each person that went uncounted in the 2010 Census, Vermont lost more than $2,300 in 2015 federal grants for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, foster care and adoption assistance, and child care for low-income families. It's a similar story for 36 other states.
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08/25/2020 - Modern Healthcare by: Tara Bannow
WASHINGTON, DC - Hospital operating margins and earnings showed noteworthy improvements between June and July even without the help of federal aid as volumes continue to recover, a Kaufman Hall report found.
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08/25/2020 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Statewide limitation on nursing home visits will be eased today, said Bill Crouch, West Virginia’s secretary of Health and Human Resources.
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08/25/2020 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and state Coronavirus Czar Dr. Clay Marsh took part in a telephone town hall on Monday covering the coronavirus pandemic, with both noting the uncertainty of when the pandemic will end as well as the stresses associated with the virus.
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