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Category: Public health

Posted inWest Virginia Legislature

The ignored voices of West Virginia’s abortion debate

Avatar photo by Ellie Heffernan September 14th, 2022September 15th, 2022
Posted inWest Virginia Legislature

West Virginia lawmakers pass near-total abortion ban

Avatar photo by Ian Karbal September 13th, 2022September 16th, 2022
Posted inPublic health

West Virginia abortion rights face uncertain future as a weak Democratic party can’t stop the ban

Avatar photo by Ian Karbal July 29th, 2022September 15th, 2022
Posted inWest Virginia Legislature

Lawmakers take first step towards banning nearly all abortions in West Virginia

Avatar photo by Ian Karbal July 25th, 2022September 15th, 2022
Posted inMountain State Spotlight explains

Mountain State Spotlight explains: How Huntington and Cabell County lost their landmark opioid trial

Avatar photo by Ian Karbal July 12th, 2022December 13th, 2022
Posted inPublic health

These WV women all faced unnecessary, sometimes life-threatening barriers to have abortions. Post-Roe, their stories show the stakes

Avatar photo by Ellie Heffernan July 11th, 2022May 1st, 2023
Posted inNews

Drug distributors win landmark opioid case brought by West Virginia local governments

Mountain State Spotlight Favicon by Mountain State Spotlight Staff July 4th, 2022July 6th, 2022
Posted inHealth

Politicians and national media focus on mass shootings. In West Virginia, most gun deaths are suicides.

Avatar photo by Ian Karbal June 27th, 2022June 28th, 2022
Posted inEconomic Justice

WV low-income mothers, and their babies, are among the hardest-hit by the baby formula shortage

Avatar photo by Amelia Ferrell Knisely May 20th, 2022May 19th, 2022
Posted inPublic health

Amid urban outbreaks, signs point to HIV spread in rural West Virginia

Avatar photo by Quenton King April 19th, 2022April 27th, 2022

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