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Justice and team: COVID hospitalizations inch closer to critical 500

MORGANTOWN – COVID hospitalizations are creeping closer to the critical point, Gov. Jim Justice and his team said Tuesday. Hospitalizations stood at 399, with 61 in ICUs and 15 on ventilators. Justice reminded his audience of what his team leaders had said in prior weeks: “500 is ...

WVU Medicine celebrates West Virginia Donor Day

WVU MEDICINE WVU Medicine joined Donate Life West Virginia and organizations around the state in celebration of West Virginia Donor Day on Monday. Hundreds of West Virginians are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. In West Virginia and across the country, there is a critical shortage of registered organ donors. West Virginia Donor Day is celebrated on Aug. 1 each year in recognition of the eight lives that can be saved by one organ donor. With about 500 West Virginians and more than 100,000 individuals nationally currently on the transplant waiting list, the need for ...