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Why does Florida keep disabled kids in nursing homes?

For 10 long years, Florida has been in court fighting litigation over its system of care for some of the state’s most severely disabled children. About 140 of these kids — “medically fragile” children —  live in nursing homes. Another 1,800 are at risk of the same fate. Many of ...

Singing duo a favorite at area nursing homes

For over a year, entertainment duo Pam Lyons and Barry Wilbanks, who together form Pam & Barry Singing Duet, have been singing and dancing their way into the hearts of area nursing home residents. Lyons and Wilbanks both have backgrounds in singing - Lyons performed throughout the area ...

Aug. 29 letters to the editor

Shame on Biden for disastrous withdrawal God help our fellow Americans, trapped in Afghanistan without rescue directives or communication. God help our Afghan allies by whose side we fought for so many years. God help the women and children left behind, who are vulnerable to murder, ...

Bring on the vaccine mandates

On Monday, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine received full FDA approval, making it the first of the vaccines to be cleared beyond emergency use. And with that approval came a slew of vaccine mandates. Following Monday’s announcement, WVU Medicine and Mon Health systems both ...

Telehealth pilot shows promise

WVU Today Transitioning home after a stay in a nursing home or long-term care facility can be a difficult experience, oftentimes leading to hospitalization or reinstitution. But preliminary results from a new West Virginia University Office of Health Affairs pilot program shows that ...