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CLARKSBURG, WV - Although COVID-19 cases are once again rising in long-term care facilities because of the Omicron surge, an industry representative says high vaccination rates among residents and staff have prevented the devastating effects the virus had on this high-risk population early in the pandemic.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Supreme Court Justice Evan Jenkins will be resigning from the Supreme Court of Appeals, effective Sunday, according to the office of Gov. Jim Justice.

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CHARLESTON, WV - The whole is almost always worth more than its component pieces.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Two years into the pandemic, researchers have learned a lot about how COVID-19 affects people with heart disease and stroke survivors. But like the coronavirus itself, what everyone needs to know keeps evolving.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Medicare will begin covering over-the-counter COVID-19 tests by early spring, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Pandemic fatigue is one of the reasons why contact tracing will end at health departments responding to positive COVID-19 cases in West Virginia.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - David Goldberg, president and CEO of Mon Health, has been recognized nationally as one of 113 top health-care leaders in the U.S. by Becker’s Hospital Review, an independent, respected, and authoritative resource for hospitals and health systems.

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