Tag: West Virginia

Senator Rockefeller announces retirement

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Rockefeller of West Virginia addresses Democratic convention in DenverWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller announced on Friday that he will not seek a sixth term in 2014 to represent his home state of West Virginia, which has been trending more Republican in recent years. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, failed to win West Virginia in either of his two races in 2008 and 2012. Rockefeller, 75, could have faced a spirited race next year, especially if Republican Representative Shelley Moore Capito decided to challenge him, as expected. …

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Insight: Red flags ignored for years at firm in meningitis crisis

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A sample of Aspergillus fumigatus, the first fungus diagnosed in the fungal meningitis outbreak sweeping the United States, in Nashville, TennesseeBOSTON (Reuters) – A cracked vial here, a missing label there. The complaints coming into New England Compounding Center, the firm at the heart of the deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak, were piling up. In March, regulators responded to a complaint from the prestigious Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary about a potency concern involving one of the eye medications it purchased from NECC. The investigation is ongoing. Over the summer, physicians at Ruby Memorial Hospital in West Virginia returned a bag of cardioplegia solution used in heart surgery after a patient did not respond as expected. …

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Exercise Significantly Improves Teens’ Chances Of Giving Up Smoking

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Teenagers who give up smoking are much more likely to succeed if they also do exercise, compared to others of the same age who try to quit, researchers from West Virginia reported in the journal Pediatrics. The addition of physical exercise was found to be especially effective for boys. Kimberly Horn, EdD, of the West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown, and colleagues set out …

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