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Don't forget the opioid epidemic as we battle COVID-19 pandemic
Between April 2020 and April 2021, drugs – mostly synthetic opioids such as fentanyl – took the lives of more than 100,000 of our sons and daughters, loved ones and neighbors, community members and friends. -
MCNEER HIGHLAND MCMUNN VARNER: Sellers of blood-thinner drug to settle about 25,000 suits for $775M
The sellers of the blood thinner Xarelto have agreed to pay $775 million to settle about 25,000 lawsuits claiming the companies failed to warn the drug can cause potentially fatal bleeding. -
Trial lawyer: Design flaw makes e-cigarettes dangerous
Though e-cigarettes are being marketed as a safer alternative to tobacco smoking, design flaws in the products can cause severe injuries or even kill their users, an attorney representing several plaintiffs in personal-injury cases said. -
Mayo will sit out three games
Mayo HUNTINGTON - Huntington High School basketball star O.J. Mayo is suspended for the team's next three games following a settlement between the athlete, the school and the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. -
Bell still uneasy about eye problems
Harry Bell CHARLESTON - Twenty-nine years later, Harry Bell can still feel something in his eye. -
A bad case of neighbor envy
Steve Cohen So much has changed here and abroad since our 55 mountain counties seceded from the Old Dominion back in the Civil War. But a recently-published economic study of the states, using 2005 data, could well leave one wondering about the comparison of the two Virginias today.