Medical research
'No COVID-19 is good COVID-19': Variants spur scientists to study, mitigate strain outbreaks
West Virginia University scientists knew it was coming.
Feb 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus cases drop at US homes for elderly and infirm
Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care facilities over the past few weeks, offering a glimmer of hope that health officials attribute to the start of vaccinations, an easing of the post-holiday ...
Feb 5, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents
The urgency of vaccinating nursing home residents is evident in the numbers. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 136,000 residents and employees of long-term care facilities in the U.S. alone, accounting ...
Jan 15, 2021
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Addiction
Neonatal abstinence syndrome, maternal opioid-related diagnoses up
(HealthDay)—From 2010 to 2017, there were significant increases in the estimated rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and maternal opioid-related diagnoses (MOD), according to a study published in the Jan. 12 issue ...
Jan 13, 2021
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Vaccination
Making sense of the lagging U.S. COVID-19 vaccination effort
It's been three weeks since the COVID-19 vaccines began arriving at hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies. Operation Warp Speed—the U.S. vaccination development, testing, and distribution effort—had made 20 million vaccine ...
Jan 11, 2021
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Addiction
New data show missed opportunities and barriers to access for medications for opioid use disorder treatment in states
As states continue facing rising opioid-related deaths, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many are missing opportunities to provide access to proven treatment through medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), according ...
Dec 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 hospitalizations in U.S. hit record high
(HealthDay)—Yet another grim record for COVID-19 hospitalizations was set on Monday, as more than 96,000 patients battled severe cases of the virus in hospital wards across America.
Dec 1, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Meet people where they are:' Local health departments key to hepatitis B vaccination
In 2018, West Virginia had the highest rate of acute hepatitis in the nation. That same year, the state had the highest rate of opioid prescriptions per 100,000 people. That's not a coincidence: drug use—including opioid ...
Nov 17, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
First population-based study finds state-level lung cancer screening rates not aligned with lung cancer burden in US
A new study reports that state-level lung cancer screening rates were not aligned with lung cancer burden. The report, appearing in JNCI: The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, provides the first population-based state-level ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Health
COVID-19 heightens urgency of advanced care planning, according to study
No one likes to think about their own mortality. But COVID-19 has shoved life's dark questions to the forefront: "What if I'm hooked to a ventilator and can't speak?" "If my heart stops beating, do I want to be resuscitated?" ...
Oct 19, 2020
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