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In an effort to curb overdose deaths related to opiate abuse, Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and six of their Senate colleagues called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to examine the use of methadone for pain, and to issue guidance to state Medicaid directors to remove methadone from…
The Alzheimer’s Association, West Virginia Chapter is hosting a Walk Team Celebration and Kickoff for the 2015 Charleston Walk to End Alzheimer’s® on Thursday, July 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Kickoff will be held at Charles Ryan Associates at Appalachian Power Park, located at 601 Morris Street, Suite 301 in Charleston. The…
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, joined Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) and other members of the Senate and House to raise…
Members from West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s student Veterans Corps recently traveled to New York City for the Student Veterans of America (SVA) Leadership Summit. Students Peshka Calloway and Justin Williamson attended the event July 16 and 17 to gain strategic planning skills for their local SVA chapter. As part of the event, SVA chapter…
United Way of Central West Virginia and FamilyWize Community Service Partnership, an organization focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities, today announced that local residents saved $2,922,497 on prescription costs, as a result of the successful partnership between the two organizations. FamilyWize, a long-time partner of United Way, works with…
Join us at the Huntington Mall on Sunday, July 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Healthy Kids Play Zone near Cinemark and Elder-Beerman in the Mall. This event is geared toward children. Try it out! Kids ADA instructors will be storytelling and children will be invited to color. There will be several assistive technologies that…