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03/26/2020 - The Fairmont News
FAIRMONT, WV - Local union leaders are alleging that Alecto Healthcare Services will not be paying for Fairmont Regional Medical Center's employees' earned benefits or extend their healthcare coverage.
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03/26/2020 - WBOY
ELKINS, WV - The Davis Health System (DHS) in Elkins is following the path of many medical facilities across the nation by adding additional precautions amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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03/26/2020 - WVNews
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) today confirmed 13 new cases of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported to the state, making the total positive case count at 51.
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03/26/2020 - WVNews
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice says West Virginia schools will remain closed until April 20.
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03/26/2020 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - As states, businesses and workers struggle with the economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Senate is reviewing a historic $2 trillion economic relief bill.
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03/25/2020 - Modern Healthcare by: Tara Bannow
WASHINGTON, DC - As the COVID-19 outbreak threatens to overwhelm hospitals in the U.S., many children's hospitals are united in the message: Don't send your adult patients here.
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03/25/2020 - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and Ebola, just might work for COVID-19, too: using blood donated from patients who've recovered.
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