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CHARLESTON, WV - The state Department of Health and Human Resources says nearly 83 percent of the 739 residents who have tested positive for coronavirus in West Virginia are on home isolation.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Many dermatologists, urologists, orthopedists and other specialists were shocked on Friday to find that thousands of dollars had unexpectedly been deposited in their bank accounts from the federal government for COVID-19 relief.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Nearly 9,300 U.S. health care workers contracted COVID-19, and 27 have died. A majority of those who tested positive (55%) think they were exposed while at work.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Abbott Laboratories, which has been on the forefront of COVID-19 testing, is launching a blood test that shows whether someone has had the virus.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Federal officials are coming under increasing pressure to start publicly tracking coronavirus infections and deaths in nursing homes amid criticism they have not been transparent enough in responding to an explosion of outbreaks that has already claimed thousands of lives.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - Dr. Jeremiah Hayanga, ECMO program director at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, has been appointed as a special advisor by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Eric D. Hargan, according to a press release.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The coronavirus kills by inflaming and clogging the tiny air sacs in the lungs, choking off the body’s oxygen supply until it shuts down the organs essential for life.

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