The Latest Breaking News from West Virginia

By: Samuel Wonacott

Alabama reached $276 million in settlements with Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK), and Endo International Plc (NASDAQ:ENDP), resolving claims on the opioid addiction crisis, the state attorney general said. McKesson will pay $141 million. JNJ and Endo will pay $70.3 million and $25 million, respectively, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement.  The three…

Health officials in at least three states are investigating a travel nurse suspected of tampering with and potentially contaminating vials and syringes of opioid painkillers in two hospitals, then returning the vials to medication cabinets where they could be unknowingly given to patients.

West Virginia will use the U.S. Postal Service and an online account this summer to connect with Medicaid enrollees about the expected end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, which will put many recipients at risk of losing their coverage.

He threw for 1,953 yards, 17 touchdowns and five interceptions in 10 games with Georgia over the last two years.

An epidemiologist testifying at West Virginia's ongoing trial against three major pharmaceutical companies said the influx of prescription opioids into communities was the main driver of the state’s drug crisis

State police crack down on "Coal Baron Blockade" protest at power plant allied with Manchin family's company

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), joined by 20 Republican and Democratic attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on March 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that aims to end the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by…

Lawyers for the state of West Virginia are concluding the first week of a trial against three major opioid makers