MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice said early this week that he will likely sign the bill to license and regulate needle exchange programs – SB 334. The […]
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House Judiciary tweaks some flaws from needle exchange bill, sends it to full House
MORGANTOWN — House Judiciary on Wednesday took up the ever-morphing bill to license needle exchange programs and offered a rewrite to remove some provisions physicians and pubic […]
6 sober living homes receive state certification
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Six sober living homes for individuals in recovery from substance use disorder have received state certification. West Virginia Sober Living has recovery homes in Monongalia and […]
Senate bill to license needle-exchange programs draws long line of physician opponents to testify against it
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Health Committee spent more than three hours Thursday hashing over a bill to license and regulate needle-exchange programs across the state. Bill lead […]
‘Meet people where they are’
Local health departments key to hepatitis B vaccination WVU Today In 2018, West Virginia had the highest rate of acute hepatitis B in the nation. That same […]
Postcast 47 – November 27, 2020
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Liptrap named one of 15 fellows
Social worker aims to help foster families affected by SUD Newsroom@DominionPost.com As a counselor and social worker at Monongalia County Health Department whose primary focus is working […]
Campaign hopes to reduce the stigma of substance use disorder
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Jeri started taking prescription pain pills in her 30s, which “took me down a dark path to other dangerous drugs that nearly took my life.” After […]
Collaboration earns $1.35M grant to reduce impact of substance abuse
WVU Today McDowell County — in the southern coalfields of West Virginia — is the second-most at-risk in the nation for an HIV outbreak related to drug […]
