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Category: COVID-19

Posted inNews

The feds gave WV $260 million for rental assistance — the state has only spent $15.6 million

Avatar photo by Emily Allen August 17th, 2021October 5th, 2021
Posted inNews

How West Virginia’s ‘Do it for Babydog’ vaccine lottery didn’t get the job done

Avatar photo by Ian Karbal August 4th, 2021August 4th, 2021
Posted inNews

Research confirms major racial disparities in West Virginia COVID testing

Avatar photo by Lauren Peace May 27th, 2021May 27th, 2021
Posted inCOVID-19

Once leading the nation, West Virginia’s vaccine rollout has slowed. Here’s why.

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield April 26th, 2021April 23rd, 2021
Posted inNews

One year. 2,634 dead.

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Lucas Manfield, Lauren Peace and Gabriella Brown March 28th, 2021March 28th, 2021
Posted inWest Virginia Legislature

COVID highlighted West Virginia’s racial health disparities, but lawmakers haven’t acted on a bill to help

Avatar photo by Lauren Peace March 25th, 2021March 25th, 2021
Posted inCOVID-19

How texts, Twitter and close-knit communities are helping to fuel West Virginia’s COVID vaccine success story

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Lauren Peace and Lucas Manfield March 21st, 2021March 21st, 2021
Posted inCOVID-19

West Virginians are begging Gov. Jim Justice for economic aid. He’s sitting on $665 million that could help.

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Lauren Peace and Douglas Soule February 10th, 2021February 9th, 2021
Posted inNews

Roane County offers a stark picture of how West Virginia’s ‘distance learners’ may not be learning much at all

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield January 22nd, 2021January 25th, 2021
Posted inHealth

In West Virginia’s poorest communities, the state’s vaccine rollout has left vulnerable residents behind

Avatar photo by Lauren Peace and Ian Hodgson January 21st, 2021January 21st, 2021

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