A new podcast highlights the “unsung heroes” in the fight against COVID-19 in West Virginia. Marshall University Professor Chris White interviews city and university officials, physicians and essential workers in the state. These guests reflect on their work, uncertainties and how far they've come in this open forum. A book-worm and lifelong learner, White also draws on historic examples of other global pandemics that have helped him contextualize our new normal. He spoke with June Leffler about the new podcast.

A Kentucky native and recent transplant from Alaska's KSTK and Alaska Public Media comes to West Virginia Public Broadcasting as our new Appalachia Health News Reporter.

A new program from West Virginia Wesleyan College and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine called “Go D.O.” aims to inspire more students to become doctors and make medical school more accessible.

Licensed mental health professionals who are living and practicing in underserved communities across the state will be eligible to apply for a new Mental Health Loan Repayment program.

The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was back before the U.S. Supreme Court today -- the third time in a decade. If the healthcare law is overturned, hundreds of thousands of West Virginians could be impacted.

School counselors in West Virginia have had to step up and fill the gaps for reaching students during a challenging and stressful time in their lives. Such engagement for many, has had to come at a distance. But most of these counselors are determined to find creative ways to be there for children who they know depend on them for support.

A free, state-run, substance-use recovery and job-training program celebrated a big milestone this week. The Jobs & Hope West Virginia initiative saw its first expungement.

Researchers at West Virginia University have received a nearly $2 million federal grant to develop a vaccine for the tick borne illness Lyme disease. The infusion of research dollars comes as cases of the bacterial infection, spread through the bite of an infected tick, are on the rise nationwide and in West Virginia.

Overdose deaths are significantly rising in many states including West Virginia, but some are now adopting new laws that require those with opioid addictions to receive a reversal agent like Narcan alongside their pain medication prescription. This tactic would serve as a way to help save lives, should a patient overdose.

The municipal resolution highlights authorities like American Public Health Association and the American Medical Association which have recognized that racism is an urgent threat to public health in the U.S.