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WASHINGTON, DC - Plenty of hospitals reacted to early forecasts warning about waves of coronavirus patients by adding more staffed beds, despite having spent years pushing more and more services into outpatient settings.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., today praised the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding $58,580,583 to rural hospitals and hospitals providing care to a high percentage of vulnerable patients in West Virginia.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Black and Hispanic West Virginians are still being affected at a higher rate by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the state recorded its highest total of daily positive cases multiple times this week.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Two of the state’s top health officials warned of a very grim future for West Virginia if more aggressive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 aren’t taken soon.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Rural hospitals in West Virginia stand to benefit from allocations from the federal CARES act announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Dr. Ayne Amjad of Beckley was appointed by Gov. Jim Justice as state health officer and commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Bureau for Public Health.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Healthcare providers, insurers and their business associates reported 45 data breaches affecting more than 744,500 patients to the federal government last month.

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