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04/15/2020 - The Dominion Post by: Suzanne Elliott
MORGANTOWN, WV - Six of the 21 residents at Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care facility in Morgantown who tested positive for COVID-19 a week ago now show no signs of the virus.
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04/15/2020 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by: Kris B. Mamula
MORGANTOWN, WV - When Albert Wright went shopping for much-needed protective masks, gowns and other medical gear for his hospital system, WVU Medicine, he was stopped by a sudden realization: Virtually every hospital in America was shopping for the same things from depleted suppliers, which meant nobody was getting what they needed.
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04/15/2020 - The Register-Herald by: Erin Beck
CHARLESTON, WV - Dr. Clay Marsh, West Virginia's coronavirus czar, said Tuesday that even if the state has reached its highest number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in one day, that doesn't mean life goes back to normal.
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04/15/2020 - The Associated Press by: Darlene Superville
WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was cutting off U.S. payments to the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the organization of failing to do enough to stop the virus from spreading when it first surfaced in China.
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04/15/2020 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - As working hours have been slashed for over 1,000 employees at the Charleston Area Medical Center in recent weeks, some are turning to the company’s employee emergency fund.
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04/15/2020 - HuffPost by: Mason Adams
WILLIAMSON, WV - As the coronavirus pandemic spread throughout March, two communities in West Virginia — a state whose health outcomes rank among the worst in the nation — grappled with the news that they were about to lose their hospitals.
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04/15/2020 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute today announced a new study published in partnership with Weill Cornell Medical Center that demonstrates the successful opening of the blood-brain barrier in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex using focused ultrasound to treat six patients with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
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