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Dr. Ayne Amjad, commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, and state health officer, recommends a $16.7 million budget for the governor's Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Task Force.

A complaint filed last year against West Virginia officials, alleging that they violated the rights of a dozen foster care children, could expand after…

On Wednesday, dozens of bright yellow signs were sprinkled across more than a dozen towns in Putnam and Kanawha counties, some accompanied by purple…

West Virginia health officials reported the state’s first case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C, on Tuesday.The disease is…

Like most parents, foster caregivers are struggling with the strain of the pandemic.To help, in April, May and July, Gov. Justice and the state Department…

Starting Thursday, May 28, West Virginia will be one step closer to administering medical marijuana to qualifying residents.For the first time, West…

State health officials have announced more free testing in Kanawha, Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan and Mineral counties this weekend, through the state…

Gov. Jim Justice has again expanded the list of businesses that can reopen to include gyms, health clubs, whitewater rafting and ziplining.At his daily…

State health officials report COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting West Virginia's African American community. A statewide commission on African…

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported three additional cases of the coronavirus Thursday night. Two residents of Tucker…