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Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Enrollment Unwinding: What to Know and How to Prepare, A Partner Education Monthly Series, August 24th @ 12:00pm ET

    You are invited to join the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the fourth webinar in the monthly partner education series on Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Enrollment Unwinding.    This month’s webinar will focus on the Health Insurance Marketplace’s role when a state’s Medicaid agency determines that a Medicaid beneficiary is no longer eligible for Medicaid/CHIP coverage and resources for partners

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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Update

  HRSA HAB News Reminder – HAB You Heard Webinar Special Edition: August 17 HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Update   HRSA HAB News Reminder – HAB You Heard Webinar Special Edition: August 17 Please join us for the next HAB You Heard webinar on Wednesday, August 17, from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. For this special edition of the HAB monthly update, we will be joined by special guest from the Centers for Disease

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Biden-Harris Administration Bolsters Monkeypox Response; HHS Secretary Becerra Declares Public Health Emergency

Biden-Harris Administration Bolsters Monkeypox Response; HHS Secretary Becerra Declares Public Health Emergency U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced today that he will declare the ongoing spread of monkeypox virus in the United States a Public Health Emergency (PHE). This action will further strengthen and accelerate the Biden-Harris Administration’s response in recognition of the continued rapid transmission of monkeypox in the U.S. and globally, and to signal

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WV Coalition to End Homelessness: WV BoS LOI for CoC Regular & Special Funding Due August 12th

The WV BoS CoC is seeking Project Applicants for both the FY22 CoC Competition NOFO (Regular) and Special NOFO to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness (Special). Agencies desiring to participate in the Regular or Special NOFO project application processes for HUD funding will need to read and complete the following process outlined in the attached Letter of Intent (LOI) in order to be eligible and prepared for this year’s application submission. 

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St. George Medical Clinic celebrates grand opening in Canaan Valley

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. George Medical Clinic celebrates grand opening in Canaan Valley   DAVIS, W.Va. (August 8, 2022) – The St. George Medical Clinic is pleased to announce the grand opening of the St. George Canaan Valley Clinic and the St. George Canaan Valley Pharmacy.   The new medical clinic is open 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the new pharmacy is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday

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Training Rural to Serve Rural: Baccalaureate-MD Programs and Their Rural Results

Training Rural to Serve Rural: Baccalaureate-MD Programs and Their Rural Results by Kay Miller Temple, MD West Virginia’s rural counties “Many of West Virginia’s best and brightest students are from rural and underserved areas of our state,” Jennifer Plymale said, describing students at Marshall University’s seven-year BS/MD program. “Through our high school pipeline program, we’re able to identify these exceptional students and offer mentoring and service opportunities. We have found that our

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WVHAMP Provider Spotlight

  WVHAMP Provider Spotlight Samantha Nunley, FNP “There is a great need for treatment, and I feel blessed to be a part of it.”  A Family Nurse Practitioner at Bluestone Family Practice in Bluefield, WV, she has been with the clinic for 17 years. She began as an LPN working her way up to an RN then became an NP in 2015.  For the past 7 years she has worked

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HHS Expands Availability of Monkeypox Vaccine to More Than 1.1 Million Doses

HHS Expands Availability of Monkeypox Vaccine to More Than 1.1 Million Doses The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced plans to allocate an additional 786,000 doses of JYNNEOS vaccine, dramatically increasing the supply of monkeypox vaccine doses to states and jurisdictions. The additional vaccine allocation adds to the more than 340,000 doses of JYNNEOS vaccine that have already been delivered to jurisdictions. JYNNEOS vaccine is manufactured by Bavarian Nordic

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