Department News Releases

• Palma appointed deputy commissioner
• West Virginian given adoption award
• Morris Receives Commissioner Appointment
• Weston Hospital Auction
• National Hepatitis Awareness Month Begins In May
• Children's Mental Health Awareness Day scheduled
• WVWC to Host 22nd Annual Celebrate Women Awards
• 2007 sport fish consumption advisories announced
• DHHR submits MFP demonstration project
• DHHR to return to previous criteria for senior citizen in-home care
• Asthma Hospitalizations Increase Among West Virginia Elderly
• WIC to Help Celebrate Farmers Market Week (pdf)
• Public Hearing Set For WIC 2007 Plan (pdf)
• Capitol Market at the Capitol to Open July 12 (pdf)
• Surgeon General Reports Secondhand Smoke (pdf)
• Transitional Living Facility to Open at Sharpe (pdf)
• Proof of Citizenship Required for Medicaid Benefits (pdf)
• School Clothing Press Release 2006 (pdf)
• Youth Smoking in West Virginia has declined (pdf)
• Transportation Remuneration Incentive Program ends in June 2006 (PDF)
• New West Virginia Office Addresses Minority Health - 05/2006
• Emergency Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) resumes March 30
• West Virginia WIC Program Urges Everyone to Celebrate National Nutrition Month and Step Up to Nutrition and Health  - 03/2006
• Bureau for Child Support Enforcement receives
  positive numbers in Federal evaluation - 01/2006
• Health Report Looks at Lifestyles in West Virginia - 01/2006
• DHHR taps Fucillo as general counsel
• Utility discount program begins - 10-6-05
• Public availability meeting scheduled - 10-4-05
• Six birds test positive for West Nile - 10-4-05
• Criminal prosecutions successful in collection of child support obligations - 8-05
• Menactra Vaccine Now Available
• Public Hearing Notice set for WIC
• School clothing allowance distribution set for July 6th - 9th - 6-22-05
• Private Well Water Quality, Williamson WV Sites Health Consultation
• West Virginia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
• DHHR halts payments for erectile dysfunction medication to sex offenders - 6/17/05
• New Report on Smoking-Related Deaths and Health Care Costs Released - 6/17/05
• 2003 Vital Statistics Report Released - 6/3/05
• New Report on Suicide in West Virginia Released - 6/3/05
• Division of Early Child Care and Education plans a public hearing - 5/26/05
• Red Jacket Salvage Yard Site - Health Consultation Fact Sheet - 5/19/05
• Chauncey PCB Site - Health Consultation - 5/9/05
• National hepatitis awareness month begins in May - 5/9/05
• West Nile and La Crosse Encephalitis season is upon us - 5/9/05
• Statistics Released on Burden of Arthritis in West Virginia - 5/9/05
• Big John Salvage - Hoult Road Site a Public Health Hazard - 4/29/05
• Report Released on Dementia in West Virginia - 4/21/05
• Women's commission quarterly meeting coming up - 4/15/05
• WVWC to Host 20th Annual Celebrate Women Awards - 4/15/05
• WIC Releases New Eligibility Income Guidelines - 4/13/05
• WVDHHR Program Saves Family from Deadly Leak Simple breath test reveals deadly carbon monoxide (CO) leak in home - 4/13/05
• Short-term secondhand smoke exposure may trigger heart attacks - 4/22/04
• Wise establishes pharmaceutical council to help control prescription costs - 04/19/04
• Public availability meeting scheduled to discuss health consultation - 04/14/04
• Nominations sought for publication honoring African-American women - 04/08/04
• WIC releases new income eligibility guidelines - 04/01/04
• West Virginians honored by women’s commission - 04/01/04
• DHHR bureau commissioner to lead national Medicaid organization - 03/26/04
• Health report for community of Chauncey released by DHHR - 03/23/04
• CDC and DHHR recommend suspension of third and fourth doses of vaccine - 03/23/04
• Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital receives accreditation - 01/08/04
• Some families may be eligible for help with heating costs - 11/13/03
• Adoption Awareness Month signifies need for adoptive parents - 11/13/03
• WIC Program seeking public comment - 11/13/03
• Raccoon rabies vaccination set for August and September 2003 - 11/13/03
• West Nile virus continues spreading across the state - 11/13/03
• DHHR to hold public comment period on health consultation - 11/13/03
• WIC to promote the importance of reading to children - 11/13/03
• Women’s commission quarterly meeting coming up - 10/31/2003
• State asthma retreat scheduled - 09/24/03
• Food protection after flooding or power outage - 09/24/03
• DHHR fills Olmstead coordinator position - 09/24/03
• First human West Nile virus case comes to the Mountain State - 09/22/03
• Flooding brings potential risks with high waters - 09/19/03
• Report released on lung disease in West Virginia - 09/19/03
• West Nile virus continues its assault on the state - 09/16/03
• City of Parkersburg honored for protection of drinking water - 09/11/03
• Women’s commission offering scholarships for leadership seminar - 09/08/03
• Women's Commission sponsoring leadership development seminar  - 09/08/03
• West Nile virus continues its assault on the state - 08/19/03
• Immunizations critical in preventing disease outbreaks - 08/18/03
• New report reveals rape statistics in West Virginia - 08/14/03
• Fox found in Boone County tests positive for rabies - 08/04/03
• Adult family care needs loving homes to help ensure quality care - 08/04/03
• Another mosquito-borne illness surfaces in West Virginia - 06/27/03
• Rate set to increase for Adult Residential Care - 06/27/03
• West Virginia has its first county this year test positive for West Nile - 06/23/03
• DHHR to sponsor pastoral crisis management training - 06/12/03
• DHHR offering stress management training - 06/12/03
• State diabetes program receives funding for prevention and control - 06/12/03
• Delivery of services and eligibility determination gets easier - 05/21/03
• West Nile and La Crosse Encephalitis season is upon us - 05/21/03
• EBT goes statewide May 1 - 05/21/03
• Health report looks at lifestyle in West Virginia - 05/21/03
• New WIC income guidelines released  - 05/21/03
• Division of Early Child Care and Education plans a public hearing - 05/15/03
• Cigarette tax passage will prevent deep Medicaid cuts, job loss - 01/31/03

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