Kanawha Charleston Health Department

Health officials in Kanawha County will be teaching the public how to use the opioid overdose-reversing treatment naloxone.The training will take place…

The state Bureau for Public Health will have a new chief beginning January 1 after a trying year for its current head.The Department of Health and Human…

The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department plans the release of the results of their survey that attempts to gauge the impact of the Elk River chemical…

With little known about the chemical compound MCHM, public health was—and remains—the focus of January’s spill of MCHM by Freedom Industries into the Elk…

The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department plans to join the city of Charleston in suing over a Jan. 9 chemical spill that contaminated 300,000 West…

Surveys soon to be conducted by local, state, and federal officials will gather data on public health and concerns following the January 9 spill by…

The House passes a bill known as the Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act--but not without fierce debate over an amendment that sought to include "fetus" in the…

It's still unclear what spilled and how much, but state officials say the water supply is safe to use and drink. Other public health experts are skeptical — including a local doctor who says his water still has a chemical, licorice smell.

Businesses in Charleston may soon be allowed to reopen, but West Virginia American Water customers will still have to wait- maybe as long as days- before…