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PRINCETON, WV - A nursing home in Mercer County is reporting an alarming uptick in confirmed coronavirus cases.

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GREEN VALLEY, WV - With coronavirus cases steadily rising in Mercer County, local health officials are hopeful a new, statewide computer system will help with the important task of contact tracing.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Seniors will pay slightly higher premiums for Medicare prescription drug plans in 2021, CMS said on Wednesday.

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CHARLESTON, WV - A proposed bill in Congress meant to provide $1 trillion worth of COVID-19 relief doesn’t do enough to keep West Virginians safe and give them access to the services they need during the pandemic, Sen. Joe Manchin said Wednesday.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Covid-19 is a new virus, so doctors, researchers, and health care providers—after starting from scratch—are learning more about the disease all the time.

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PRINCETON, WV - There’s no indication that COVID-19 outbreaks at two nursing homes in West Virginia are under control.

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WASHINGTON, DC - An experimental blood test was highly accurate at distinguishing people with Alzheimer’s disease from those without it in several studies, boosting hopes that there soon may be a simple way to help diagnose this most common form of dementia.

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