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WASHINGTON, DC - Drugmakers in recent weeks have taken increasingly aggressive actions to crack down on 340B drug discounts through contract pharmacies and demand more data from healthcare providers.

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CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s attorney general sued Walmart and drugstore chain CVS on Tuesday, saying they failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers to their retail pharmacies in a state ravaged by the opioid epidemic.

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SPENCER, WV - To offer more peace of mind when kids are returning back to school this fall, the Roane County Board of Education partnered with Roane General Hospital to offer health services at all schools in the county.

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CHARLESTON, WV - A key member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force said during a visit to West Virginia Wednesday that she’s impressed with how residents of the state appear to be putting each other first.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Health System’s Albert Wright and Mon Health System’s David Goldberg have been named to posts on the West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) Board of Trustees.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - Partho Sengupta, M.D., WVU Heart and Vascular Institute Cardiology division chief and director of cardiac imaging, and an international team of researchers have successfully implemented machine learning as an effective screening tool for early diagnosis of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD), a common form of heart failure.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Republicans are considering a new, slimmer COVID-19 relief bill that includes no additional funds for healthcare provider grants.

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