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Health & Science Maria Young, Aug. 25, 2026

Funds Available To Increase Rural Healthcare Transportation

$2.3 million is available to increase transportation to healthcare in rural parts of West Virginia.

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Health & Science Maria Young, Aug. 21, 2026

Salmonella Cases Expand To W.Va.

Salmonella infections linked to jalapeño peppers have now been recorded in West Virginia.

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Health & Science Eric Douglas, Aug. 20, 2026

Free Medical Clinic Comes To Wheeling This Weekend

Area residents in need of free medical care can get help in Wheeling this weekend.

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Health & Science Eric Douglas, Aug. 17, 2026

State Methadone Clinic Ban Faces Court Challenge

A federal judge declined Friday the state’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by West Virginia’s largest overdose prevention group, Solutions Oriented Addiction Response of West Virginia (SOAR.)

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Aug. 14, 2026

Digging Deeper Into Rising Black Lung Cases, This West Virginia Morning

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that black lung rates are the highest they’ve been since the 1970s. Justin Hicks and Howard Burkes reported on that for the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Hicks and Burkes to dig a little deeper.

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Health & Science Eric Douglas, Aug. 13, 2026

UMWA Demands Silica Dust Rules Be Implemented

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is demanding the immediate enforcement of federal silica dust protections in central Appalachian coal mines, in a statement released Thursday.

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