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02/03/2022 - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - President Joe Biden is committing to reduce the cancer death rate by 50% — a new goal for the "moonshot" initiative against the disease that was announced in 2016 when he was vice president.
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02/03/2022 - FOX 59 by: Rivers Upchurch
PRINCETON, WV - 59News is proud to honor the remarkable women in our region. Today, we focus on Princeton Community Hospital CEO Karen Bowling.
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02/03/2022 - WVNews
GLENVILLE, WV - Officials from the WVU Health System and Glenville State College officially announced the opening of the new WVU Medicine clinic at the Waco Center near the college at 921 Mineral Road.
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02/03/2022 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Caity Coyne
CHARLESTON, WV - After nearly five hours of questions, debate and discussion, the House Committee on Health and Human Resources voted down a bill Tuesday that aimed to eliminate West Virginia’s certificate-of-need process.
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02/02/2022 - The Associated Press by: Lauran Neergaard and Mathew Perrone
WASHINGTON, DC - Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March.
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02/02/2022 - WCHS by: Bob Aaron
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is asking the Biden administration for a temporary waiver to the federal vaccine mandate for health care workers.
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02/02/2022 - WVNews
CHARLESTON, WV - Former Supreme Court Justice Edwin F. Flowers died Thursday in Morgantown. He was 91.
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