Lori Kersey

Two former nursing staff members of a state-run hospital have been charged in the death of an elderly, non-verbal patient left in scalding hot water during an incident there last year.

Health care advocates from West Virginia have joined with thousands of physicians and public health professionals around the country in asking the U.S.

The death of a homeless man found near a bridge in Charleston, West Virginia, on Saturday evening after the city received 3 to 4 inches of snow

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has yet to announce a state health officer, but whoever ends up in that role seemingly got their first marching orders this week — come up with a policy to allow religious exemptions to the state's school vaccine laws.

Officials, politicians and the director of a local warming shelter react to the death, on Jan. 11, 2025 of a man who was found dead under a bridge in Charleston, West Virginia following a winter storm in the area, and below-freezing temperatures.

The number of people experiencing homelessness on a single winter night in West Virginia increased by about 25% from 2023 to 2024.

As bitterly cold temperatures continue throughout the region, Charleston leaders on Tuesday approved setting aside additional funding for the operation of overnight warming centers for people without shelter or adequate heat.

Brian Cunningham, who led the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency for about a year and a half, has left the position, a spokesperson for PEIA confirmed Wednesday.

An infectious disease specialist on Thursday called a few cases of a rare, vaccine-preventable respiratory illness in Cabell and Putnam counties “a

Brian Cunningham, who led the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency for about a year and a half, has left the position, a spokesperson for PEIA confirmed on Jan. 22, 2025. Cunningham resigned effective the end of day on Jan. 10, 2025, according to his letter — dated Dec. 23, 2024 — to the state Department of Administration Cabinet Secretary John McHugh.