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HUNTINGTON, WV - The City of Huntington and Cabell County Commission continue to press a lawsuit against three big opioid distributors.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Often cited as one of the most trusted professionals, community pharmacists have continued to operate in an environment of decreasing payment for the life-sustaining medications they dispense.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Critics of a bill awaiting Governor Jim Justice’s signature or veto could make it more difficult for some harm reduction organizations to help people struggling with substance abuse disorder.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - Delegate Joe Statler was at an education conference out of state when he heard the governor vetoed a bill intended to provide $2 million support groundbreaking research at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.

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CHARLESTON, WV - If private and parochial schools are allowed to set their own immunization policies under new legislation, West Virginia’s Catholic schools would continue to abide by existing standards.

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CHARLESTON, WV - While hospitals are constantly trying to address staffing issues, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a shortage of dementia care specialists threatens to bring about a full-blown crisis for Alzheimer's disease care in the Mountain State.

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CHARLESTON, WV - As lawmakers in West Virginia overwhelmingly passed legislation this session to prohibit syringe service programs from distributing safe smoking materials — a medically sound option to decrease more risky intravenous drug use — experts who work in harm reduction have been left to ponder one question: Why?

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