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International Photographer Turns Lens Toward Home In New Book

Michael Snyder is a photographer and filmmaker who grew up in the Allegheny mountains on the border of Maryland and West Virginia. His work has been featured in National Geographic, The Guardian and The Washington Post. After living away from Appalachia for over a decade, Snyder moved back to document what changed and what stayed the same. The result is a new book. It’s called Alleghania: A Central Appalachian Folklore Anthology. Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Abby Neff recently spoke with Snyder.

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Federal Medicaid Cuts – Who Could Lose Coverage And How?

Proposed federal work requirements for Medicaid recipients could make it harder for up to 44,000 West Virginians to get the care they qualify for.

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Discussing COVID-19 Five Years Later

Dr. Steven Eshenaur, former director of the emergency department at Jackson General Hospital in West Virginia, discussed his experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Risk Low From New Kind Of Mpox Showing Up In U.S.

The first known U.S. case of a new emerging Mpox strain was identified in California on Nov. 16. While the risk to the public remains very low, West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Health Reporter, Emily Rice, spoke with Michael Kilkenny, the executive director of the Cabell/Huntington Health Department about the new strain of Mpox and how to avoid it.

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