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CHARLESTON, WV - New guidance on which counties are designated as community clusters or “hot spots” for COVID-19 should be rolled out in the next “two or three days,” state Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch said Tuesday.

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MARTINSBURG, WV - The West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift Wing will honor front line COVID-19 responders with a flyover of hospitals in the region Wednesday as part of the Department of the Air Force’s Operation American Resolve.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Highland Hospital, Southern West Virginia’s largest inpatient behavioral-health facility, is scheduled to go on the auction block June 15, following action in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Middle Tennessee.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization to a new coronavirus antibody test from Abbott Labs, the company announced Monday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - CMS wants to increase Medicare payments for inpatient hospital services by 1.6%—or about $2 billion—in 2021.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump administration on Monday said that it would provide states with the supplies they need to test their populations for COVID-19.

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WASHINGTON, DC - More than 3,000 surgeries have been put off at Yale New Haven Health since mid-March, which accounts for about 80% of its total surgeries.

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