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Abuse. Overdoses. Mental illness. Health officials say they need a nearly...
West Virginia health officials say they urgently need nearly $300 million in new funding to help residents who desperately need drug treatment and recovery, protect the state’s children from abuse,...
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WV health officials pleaded for more money. Gov. Justice wants to give them...
Gov. Jim Justice has proposed granting a large chunk of the money his three health-related agencies said they needed to meet the urgent needs of West Virginians. In his budget, Justice recommended...
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A West Virginia community continues to fight against opioid distributors with...
As West Virginia struggles with an addiction crisis that still claims more than 1,500 lives a year, one of the state’s hardest hit communities is continuing its legal fight to hold painkiller...
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The federal government gave West Virginia $525,000 to prevent gun deaths. The...
Every year, gunshot wounds prevent hundreds of West Virginians from leading long, healthy lives. Around the same number of West Virginians die from gun wounds as from car crashes and fires combined....
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Federal judges ask West Virginia Supreme Court to weigh in on opioids case
A panel of federal judges wants West Virginia’s Supreme Court to weigh in on Huntington and Cabell County’s continuing fight to hold painkiller distributors accountable for the community’s addiction...
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One-third of West Virginians may soon have a harder time getting health care...
Across West Virginia, it’s already hard for many people to access health care. And unless state lawmakers change the budget they passed last month, it’s about to get even more difficult, especially...
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Federal mine safety regulators finally focus on silica dust – with thousands...
Federal regulators say they’ve finally crafted a rule that will protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a growing problem in mines that has left thousands sick and dying. The Mine Safety...
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Years after a chemical contaminated Paden City’s water supply, residents are...
PADEN CITY — Robin Fox remembers the first sign that something was wrong with her husband Mark. “That was three years before we knew about the water,” she said. First, he began slurring his speech....
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Jackson County needs more drug treatment. They’re spending opioid settlement...
RIPLEY — When Brittany Camp was a teenager, she was prescribed opioid painkillers after giving birth and having dental surgery. She didn’t know much about the pills. She just knew they made her feel...
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Rural West Virginia health departments are struggling to stop the spread of...
As West Virginia towns were dealing with the fallout of being flooded with prescription painkillers in the late 2010s, Dr. Anita Stewart recognized that people with opioid addictions were at risk of...
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