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04/16/2020 - Modern Healthcare by: Stephanie Goldberg
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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04/16/2020 - The Associated Press
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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04/16/2020 - WVNews
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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04/16/2020 - The Washington Post by: Lenny Bernstein, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Sarah Kaplan and Laurie McGinley
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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04/16/2020 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Coronavirus Hotline took its first call on March 9.
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04/16/2020 - The Register-Herald by: Erin Beck
CHARLESTON, WV - At least 11 nursing homes in West Virginia have confirmed cases of COVID-19, Dr. Clay Marsh, state coronavirus czar, said Wednesday.
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04/16/2020 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - When and how will West Virginia start transitioning to the next phase of coronavirus response?
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