West Virginia leaders want the state to get in on the rapidly growing market for data centers – computer server-populated ...

Since the state expanded Medicaid in December 2023, over 600,000 residents, many from Black and brown communities, have gained access to essential health services. However, challenges persist in ...

During Black History Month, WRAL Heath Reporter Grace Hayba looks at how activism and health advocacy are not a new combination - but one the Black community has been practicing for decades.

Following up on an executive order issued last month by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, the state Senate Health Committee sent a bill to the full West Virginia Senate weakening immunization requirements for ...

A bill was introduced in the West Virginia Senate on Friday to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) has received $125,000 from Coalfield Health for improvements and expansion to better ...

A Teach For America alumnus and a dedicated advocate for educational equity, Sohoni will take over from Elisa Villanueva Beard, who has served TFA for 27 years. Sohoni, a Minneapolis native and ...

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has received a proposal for how to create a religious exemption for childhood vaccines.

Improving health equity is essential for both individual wellbeing and societal prosperity. However, health opportunities are not equally distributed, with life expectancy varying substantially across ...

West Virginia University in Morgantown has scrapped its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Division and is replacing it with a new initiative, keeping in line with the state’s governor who declared ...

Jeff Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images More than 47% of homeowners in 2024 were “equity rich,” meaning borrowers owed less than half of the value of the home ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — West Virginia University is restructuring some of its divisions to comply with Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s (R) executive orders. Executive Order No. 3-25 removes diversity, ...