Pro Bike Races Return To Charleston
The 2026 USA Cycling Professional Road National Championships will take place June 16-21 on the roads of downtown Charleston.
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W.Va. Overdose Death Rates Fall By 38%
The opioid epidemic’s hardest-hit state in the union continues to outpace the nation’s declining overdose death rate. ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. State Health Officer Resigns
Updated on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 at 4 p.m. The West Virginia Department of Health (DH) announced Monday that the state's health officer had ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va.’s Overdose Death Rate Decline Surpasses The National Rate
West Virginia’s drug overdose death rate continues to fall, even faster than it is nationwide.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va’s Overdose Death Rate Continues To Fall
Early data shows West Virginia’s overdose death rate is continuing to decline, following national trends.
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Better Family, Prenatal Care Key To Fighting Addiction, Says W.Va. Drug Control Director
Nearly two months after stepping into his role as director of the West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP), Stephen Loyd has outlined some of his priorities for addressing addiction in the state. Key among them is bolstering family and prenatal health care.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNational Drug Czar Says Overdose Decreases Positive, But More To Do
Early Center for Disease Control (CDC) data shows a dramatic fall of 12 percent in overdose death rates across the U.S. in the last year. During the same period, West Virginia’s dru...
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