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WVU in the News: A new WV law closed Mercer County’s needle exchange. What happens next?

Every Thursday afternoon for the past two years, dozens of people made their weekly pilgrimage to a nondescript meeting room at the Mercer County Health Department. There, behind a set of double doors, county health professionals ran the area’s only needle exchange — offering disease testing, counseling and clean needles to stop the spread of infectious diseases among people who use drugs.

WVU in the News: Fossil fuels costing West Virginians their health

Recently, there has been an alarming uptick in the number of patients we see who suffer heart attacks, strokes, lung disease, neurological problems and other serious health conditions. With continuing poor air quality, we see more and more children and adults with poorly-controlled asthma. Climate change and pollution from fossil fuels threaten not only our health, but our lives and livelihoods.

Public Health honors employees with WVU Values Coin

Four West Virginia University School of Public Health employees have been presented with the 2021 WVU Values Coin in appreciation and recognition for their help to bring our mission to life through their daily work.