Jim Lewis, Charleston Priest And Activist, Dies At 90
A longtime Charleston priest, activist and central figure in one of West Virginia’s most turbulent cultural conflicts has died. The Rev. Jim Lewis was 90.
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Expert: W.Va.’s Drug Epidemic Is Holding Back Its Economy And Hurting Its Children
A senior policy advisor to the Legislature presented a sobering picture of West Virginia's drug epidemic on Monday.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFears of Hidden HIV in Rural West Virginia
Among U.S. states, West Virginia ranks 18th in the rate of new HIV infections. But it may be an incomplete picture, especially in rural communities, where some health officials worry that cases are going undetected.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNeedles And HIV Plus A Virginia Author's New Book, This West Virginia Morning
Major HIV outbreaks in Huntington and Charleston over recent years have exposed conflicting views on the disease among state officials and national experts. Most disagreement surrounds a single topic: needles.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhat Happened to 'The Nation’s Most Concerning HIV Outbreak?'
At the height of the COVID outbreak, Charleston, West Virginia was sideswiped by a second deadly epidemic: what the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) called the most concerning outbreak of HIV in the entire country.
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Revisiting An HIV Outbreak And Building Homes On Old Mine Sites, This West Virginia Morning
At the height of the COVID outbreak, Charleston was sideswiped by a second deadly epidemic: what the Centers for Disease Control called the most concerning outbreak of HIV in the entire country. There was a bitter tug-of-war over how to respond. But where did that leave the patients, and the people most at risk? And what’s happened to the outbreak since then?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTheater Production Brings Story Of AIDS Epidemic's Impact On Black Americans To Eastern Panhandle
Donja R. Love's “What Will Happen To All That Beauty” is showing in Shepherdstown throughout July as part of the annual Contemporary American Theater Festival.
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