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CHARLESTON, WV - A West Virginia child has a rare, serious immune system condition associated with the coronavirus, health officials said Thursday.

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CHARLESTON, WV - When Dan Lauffer ascended in 1998 to CEO at Saint Francis Hospital, his first post as chief executive, he assumed he had his job figured out.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Nursing homes in southern West Virginia, as they have statewide and across the nation, have been vulnerable to the transmission of Covid-19 – measured in confirmed cases and deaths.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice and state leaders announced changes today to how the spread of coronavirus is assessed in the state’s smallest counties and when masks will be required in classrooms.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - As hospitals care for people with COVID-19 and try to keep others from catching the virus, more patients are opting to be treated where they feel safest: at home.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A team of epidemiologists with the state Bureau of Public Health confirmed the state’s first case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Thursday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The percentage of those infected with the coronavirus who die of COVID-19 is falling in most states, a sign that the battle against the virus is entering a new phase.

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