Thanks to the West Virginia Department of Health’s (DH) implementation of a new program outlining protocols for whole blood transfusions on ambulances across the state, West Virginians will be able to receive greater emergency care with an increased likelihood of positive outcomes for ...
MORGANTOWN — Leaders on both sides of the state Senate aisle want the Department of Health and Human Resources to take action to improve child welfare, and sent letters this week to DHHR's new interim secretary outlining their goals and wishes. The letters came as Interim Secretary Jeff ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced on Monday morning that Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch will retire effective Dec. 31. Justice made the virtual announcement from his Capitol office, flanked by COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh, Joint Interagency Task Force ...
Bill J. Crouch, Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Tuesday announced the appointment of Christina Mullins as his deputy secretary of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. This appointment is effective immediately and is part of ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Medical Cannabis Advisory Board is considering a proposal to limit the THC content of dispensed cannabis products to 10%. The proposal stirred opposition and questions among members at the board's Thursday meeting, and opposition from the public. So the proposal ...
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia is one of a small handful of states showing a decrease in the percentage of overdose deaths from March 2021 through March 2022. The data comes from a CDC report and was announced by the state Department of Health and Human Resources on Wednesday. The CDC report ...