The Mountain State is able to accomplish more when the health and well-being of its people are prioritized. Healthy people mean a greater quality of life and bring more productivity to the workplace while also enabling their communities to flourish. In order to achieve this, the state needs a dedicated health care industry. Fortunately, West Virginia has an abundance of devoted industry professionals.
The 2024 primary election in West Virginia will be pivotal in shaping the state’s political landscape. Candidates are vying for key offices in government, including governor, attorney general and U.S. senator.
The opioid epidemic has left West Virginia with staggeringly high rates of addiction, overdoses and associated losses. Countless lawsuits have been filed seeking to hold pharmaceutical companies and distributors responsible for their role in overprescribing opioids, leading to the substance use disorder West Virginia finds itself plagued with.
A black swan event refers to an unpredictable, extremely rare happening that has severe consequences. Scholar Nassim Nicholas Taleb popularized the term to describe highly improbable occurrences that deviate sharply from the norm and carry an extreme impact.
As a West Virginia citizen, if you need to report an instance of child abuse or suspected human trafficking, find information on child support or family assistance or file a civil rights complaint or FOIA request, you will be utilizing resources provided by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).
It’s a word no one wants to hear—cancer. In West Virginia, cancer rates are higher than the national average, with 482 new cases or events per 100,000 people annually compared to the U.S. average of 442.