MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee quickly approved a bill Thursday afternoon to regulate the marketing of kratom and delta-8 THC. SB 220 covers the processing, distribution and sale of kratom and hemp-derived cannabinoids; delta-8 and its cousin delta-9 THC are both hemp ...
MORGANTOWN — Bills to lower insulin and insulin device copays, and to put more oil and gas well inspectors into the field topped the list of bills winning approval in the Senate and House on Thursday. SB 577 caps the cost of a 30-day supply of insulin at $35, and $100 for devices (a ...
MORGANTOWN — Legislators hope a tax break for companies that extract and produce rare earth elements and critical minerals will encourage them to set up in West Virginia. HB 3012 provides for a nine-year break in severance taxes for a company that severs, extracts and produces for sale, ...
MORGANTOWN – At least nine bills concerning compulsory vaccinations are in the legislative can this session. One in particular has raised concerns in the medical community and The Dominion Post spoke this past week with a leader at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital about it. SB 535 ...
The WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance and the Center for Organ Recovery and Education encourages everyone to share the love by registering to be an organ donor this Valentine’s Day, which is also National Donor Day. Observed every year on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, National Donor Day is an observance dedicated to spreading awareness and education about organ and tissue donation. It was started in 1998 by the United Auto Workers and is supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for a life-saving transplant. The ...
Today is 211 Day, celebrating the go-to resource 211, which helped 30,520 people in West Virginia access help for immediate or long-term challenges last year. Throughout 2022, trained call specialists connected people to locally available services, including help with rent, food, utility bills and health care. For example, there were 15,581 referrals for utility assistance, 7,949 referrals for rent assistance and 3,503 referrals for shelters and other programs for the unhoused. The 211 program is a free, confidential, 24-hour information and referral service that connects West ...
