MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team celebrated the news that Moderna on Thursday asked the FDA to OK use of its vaccine for children ages 6 and under. Justice noted that this is the only age group not yet eligible to be vaccinated (apart from a slight overlap with the Pfizer ...
MORGANTOWN – Following the governor's veto of the bill to split the Department of Health and Human Resources in two, the Legislature has begun its work to make another go at reorganizing the agency. The Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability heard ...
MORGANTOWN – The Legislature was set to go into a special session on Monday to take up 17 bills; but Senate and House Democrats held separate press conferences in the morning before the gavels came down to bring attention to what's wasn't on the agenda. Namely the insulin copay cap bill ...
BY DAVE WILSON West Virginia lawmakers are working on a plan they hope can provide some long-term stability for emergency medical services agencies struggling to keep their operations running. According to Delegate Joe Statler, R-Monongalia, Gov. Jim Justice allocated $10 million in ...
MORGANTOWN – A coalition of mineral and property owners and environmental advocates is asking Gov. Jim Justice to add a bill providing funding for more oil and gas well inspectors to the special session call planned for the last week of April. The Department of Environmental Protection's ...
West Virginia’s deputy health and human resources secretary, who abruptly parted ways with the agency, Monday described pervasive challenges and differences of opinion with Secretary Bill Crouch about how to deal with them. “Unfortunately, Secretary Crouch and I have not shared the ...