Lauren Peace, Author at Mountain State Spotlight

A criminal investigation into a Charleston nonprofit ended with an 86-page report and no findings of wrongdoing. But as HIV spreads and overdose deaths continue, the future of harm reduction remains up in the air.

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Charleston Police say grassroots needle exchange did not violate law

‘There’s no question about it.’ Charleston Mayor acknowledges need for clean needles amid HIV rise

Behind West Virginia’s vaccine success story, chaos for local health departments

Here are the voices the giant drug distributors don’t want you to hear

When a West Virginia county eliminated its needle exchange, experts forewarned of an HIV crisis. Now it’s here.

COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in West Virginia are rising. And as the holidays loom, the worst may be ahead.

Politicians who want to ditch Obamacare say they’ll protect West Virginians with preexisting conditions. But it’s not that easy.

In West Virginia, Obamacare is about more than public health. It’s a matter of economic stability.

How quality of life issues ‘woke up’ residents in the Eastern Panhandle

West Virginia leaders didn’t act and a hospital closed. Then, it happened again. Patients suffered the consequences.

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