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WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump has signed Congress' second major COVID-19 relief package which includes an increase in state Medicaid funding that hospitals liked and a requirement that insurers do not charge cost-sharing for services related to coronavirus testing.

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CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s Center for Threat Preparedness has sent a letter to federal officials saying protective equipment for healthcare workers provided so far to prepare for a possible coronavirus outbreak is woefully inadequate.

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WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says there’s no way Fairmont Regional Medical Center should be allowed to close in the middle of a pandemic.

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WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement following President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday declaring a national emergency over the coronavirus pandemic.

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CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported Wednesday that a second case of COVID-19 was detected in West Virginia, several hours away from where the first person diagnosed resides.

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CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia hospitals have been preparing for some time for when COVID-19 would become a problem in the Mountain State.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Joe Letnaunchyn, President and CEO of the West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA), provides the following statement regarding COVID-19 and hospital capacity.

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