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Rabid Bat In W.Va. Serves As Reminder For People, Pets
The confirmation of a rabid bat in Kanawha County serves as a reminder to stay away from wildlife, especially if an animal appears sick.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCommunication Challenges For Emergency Personnel, This West Virginia Morning
Two federally important facilities located in West Virginia require a strict limit on radio frequency interference. But for decades – increasingly as communication systems have become more advanced – those limits have made it difficult for emergency crews and first responders in Pendleton and Pocahontas counties to do their jobs as safely and effectively as possible. Now the results of a lengthy federal study show exactly how precarious the situation is. We caught up with Pendleton County Emergency Management’s Rick Gillespie to find out what the study shows and what happens next.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAward Aims To Increase Nurses In W.Va.
An award of more than $290,000 is expected to support training for roughly 100 more nursing students from rural counties in West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOstrich Burgers Take Off At Kentucky Farm, This West Virginia Morning
In recent years, physicians across the country have monitored surges of a condition known as Alpha-Gal Syndrome, which can cause allergic reactions to red meat. Hannah Saad with Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom member station WKMS reports that, now, farmers, restaurateurs and the afflicted are flocking to a new source of protein.
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State Police Receive Funding To Expand DNA Testing Capacity
The funding will help the West Virginia State Police increase the number of eligible DNA samples analyzed for entry into a federal database and will also help reduce turnaround times for forensic cases involving DNA evidence and prevent backlogs of forensic and DNA database samples.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHealth Secretary Predicts Another $199M In RHTP Funds
West Virginia received $199 million in the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program. Dr. Arvin Singh, secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health, told lawmakers he expects the state's level of funding to remain the same next year.
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