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CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program will now cover maternity services, the state Department of Health and Human Resources announced on Tuesday.

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CHARLESTON, WV - The series of hearings regarding public employees’ health insurance plans began with a telephone town hall on Tuesday.

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WISE, VA - When a judge hears civil cases at the courthouse in this southwest Virginia town two days a month, many of the lawsuits have a common plaintiff: the local hospital, Ballad Health, suing patients over unpaid medical bills.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Google has partnered with one of the largest health care systems in the country to collect data on millions of American patients, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Some good health news: Americans' cholesterol levels are dropping, and more people at especially high risk are getting treatment.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The findings in the now two-decades-old report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System sparked a call for new, more stringent, quality measures.

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CLARKSBURG, WV - As federal litigation moves forward against opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers accused of fueling the nationwide opioid crisis, West Virginia attorneys, including those representing Harrison County, are fighting to keep their cases in state court.

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