West Virginia Department for Health and Human Resources Archives

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

by Lauren Peace October 16th, 2020October 15th, 2020

When Fairmont Regional closed in March, it wasn’t the first time a West Virginia hospital abruptly ended services. The same thing happened just six months earlier in Wheeling.

‘This place helps us stay alive.’ When a West Virginia community lost its mental health services, the results were a matter of life and death.

by Lauren Peace October 15th, 2020October 21st, 2020

Nursing homes were an easy mark for COVID-19. Inaction and a broken system put West Virginia’s residents at greater risk.

by Lauren Peace September 23rd, 2020October 12th, 2020

The governor ‘tweaked’ a Harvard COVID map. Their experts say the state’s changes are flawed.

by Lucas Manfield and Gabriella Brown September 18th, 2020October 12th, 2020

Scores of kids are unaccounted for in West Virginia’s troubled foster care system

by Amelia Ferrell Knisely September 17th, 2020October 12th, 2020

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