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West Virginia: Latest updates on Coronavirus

—Coronavirus in the US: Map & cases  —What are the symptoms?  —How deadly is the new coronavirus?  —How long does virus last on surfaces?  —Is there a cure for COVID-19?  —How does it compare with seasonal flu?  —How does the coronavirus spread?  —Can people spread the coronavirus after they recover? As of Sunday (March 15), […]

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Doctor facing life in prison for thousands of opioid doses

By the time drug enforcement agents swooped into his small medical office in Martinsville, Virginia, in 2017, Dr. Joel Smithers had prescribed about a half a million doses of highly addictive opioids in two years. Interested in Opioid Epidemic? Patients from five states drove hundreds of miles to see him, spending up to 16 hours […]