Department of Health and Human Resources

Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch announced that Cammie Chapman will be his Deputy Secretary of Child and Adult Services.

During Gov. Jim Justice’s Monday media coronavirus briefing he said the recommendations in a recently released reorganization study, ordered by Justice, will be implemented immediately - and will help to improve priority outcomes.

The long-awaited organizational review for the Department of Health And Human Resources was released Thursday afternoon.

The Department of Health and Human Resources is reminding West Virginians of available behavioral health resources.

The state Department of Health and Human Resources has received more than $1 million dollars in federal funds for adult mental health.

The state’s Department of Health and Human Resources has announced increases to a nutritional benefits program.

At the end of July, swine influenza was detected at the Jackson County Junior Fair. With the West Virginia State Fair starting Aug. 11, state officials are taking all precautions to stop the spread of the virus.

Teenagers at a Martinsburg-based residential treatment facility were removed after a Department of Health and Human Resources investigation Friday.

On June 2, Gov. Jim Justice announced that West Virginia would significantly scale back COVID-19 community testing programs. This led to concerns both in the general public and in the medical community that the next wave of COVID-19 cases would catch the state by surprise. But even with the rise of the highly infectious BA.5 variant, that hasn’t been the case.

The lawsuit was dismissed by the U.S. District Court of Southern West Virginia last year, deferring the case to the state courts.