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Respect yourself and others

Discussing the importance of getting STD tested is not exactly office  talk. But maybe it should be. That stigma and embarrassment helps contribute to statistics such as these:  Individuals ages 15-24 account for half of all new STD infections.STD rates continue to climb. In ...

April 11 letters to the editor

Editor’s note: Letters in support of candidates for city council will not be accepted after April 14 and will not be published after April 18. Program gives ‘Hope’ to West Virginia The future is bright for children across West Virginia. On March 29, Gov. Justice signed HB 2013, ...

In Pursuit of Pathogens

WVU Today  In a time when most people are avoiding diseases like the plague, one West Virginia University biology student is pursuing them instead. Oxford, Pa., native Jessica Towey researches in Assistant Professor of Biology Tim Driscoll’s laboratory, which studies vector-borne ...

Patients need Hopemont to stay open, delegates say

KINGWOOD – A bill (HB 2626) introduced Feb. 18 by the House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee in an effort to close four state-owned hospitals, one of which was Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta, “is dead,” according to Delegate Terri Sypolt, R-Preston. Hopemont ...