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