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WASHINGTON —  A U.S. Senate bill that provides money to help save lives in prescription drug overdoses was passed by committee Thursday. The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee passed the bipartisan co-prescribing Saves Lives Act, introduced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.). If passed, the act would encourage physicians to co-prescribe the life-saving drug Naloxone alongside opioid prescriptions and make Naloxone more widely... Read More

Opioid addiction is a growing problem with no easy answers. Addiction to anything is difficult to beat, and many times the education and resources necessary to overcome dependency just aren’t readily available. But state and federal leaders, as well as the health care community, are looking at ways to prevent opioid addiction from spreading. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday unveiled new recommendations for doctors who prescribe opioids for pain, the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday passed a bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., to help address the prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic in America. The Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act encourages physicians to co-prescribe the lifesaving drug naloxone alongside opioid prescriptions and make naloxone more widely available in federal health settings. The bill can now head to the... Read More

MORGANTOWN — WVU is offering a new course on entrepreneurship essentials for military veterans. The online course will be offered over WVU’s two summer sessions, from May 13-Aug. 6, with two on-campus residencies. Worth three credit hours, the course counts toward an undergraduate or MBA degree. The course is for discharged veterans or military personnel serving now, with a high school diploma or equivalent. The cost is $954.U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito,... Read More

WASHINGTON — The West Virginia State Department of Health and Human Resources has received a $1,331,985 Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Grant that will be used to enact and evaluate prevention strategies to end prescription drug abuse and overdoses, according to a release. "With the number of overdose deaths skyrocketing in West Virginia, we must continue doing everything possible to prevent prescriptions from ending up in the wrong hands," said U.S. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.,... Read More

VA Medical Centers provide numerous services for local veterans.  The FBI Center provides vital criminal justice information to the federal agency.  What do these two entities have in common?  They have topped the list of priorities for Senator Shelley Moore Capito as she works to improve the state of West Virginia.  The Senator will serve on the Appropriations Committee. "I think that the FBI and the VA provide a lot of jobs in West Virginia but they also provide an... Read More

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., have announced a $1.3 million Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Grant for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). The aim of the program is to support states as they enact and evaluate prevention strategies to end prescription drug abuse and overdoses, according to a release. Allison Adler, DHHR Director of Communications, said the Bureau for Public Health's goal is to use three strategies to target... Read More

In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act last week by an overwhelming margin of 94-1. The critically important measure now moves to the U.S. House of Representatives where it demands immediate attention and passage in the Republican-controlled chamber. The proposed measure designates more than $300 million over five years in federal grants to state and local programs aimed at strengthening treatment for addicts while expanding... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is cosponsoring legislation that will help veterans who seek health care outside of the Veterans Administration. The Veterans Choice Improvement Act will make needed changes and reforms to address delays and veterans' confusion when they attempt to get health care, according to a media release from the senator's office. Capito said she had heard from many West Virginia veterans about problems with the Veterans Choice Program. "We owe it to our veterans to... Read More

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) met with Arka Gupta of Charleston and Adrien Inman of Martinsburg recently, during their visit to Washington, D.C., as part of the U.S. Senate Youth Program’s 54th annual Washington Week. Gupta and Inman were selected as West Virginia’s USSYP student delegates for 2016. Gupta attends George Washington High School in Charleston and serves as the student body president. He is a captain of the JROTC program and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin both approved of new CDC recommendations released Tuesday for prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain. “West Virginians know the harmful effects of prescription drug abuse with many stories starting with addiction to painkillers. Having clear rules of the road to guide prescribing practices will help physicians better understand the risks associated with prescription opioids and determine the best... Read More

INWOOD — Knauf Insulation officials hosted U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Monday as they showed off approximately $20.5 million worth of improvements that have been made to the manufacturing plant since it was acquired less than two years ago. Other local economic development and employment representatives were part of the group that toured the facility as part of Capito's day long visit to Berkeley County. She met with Berkeley Day Report Center staffers and also toured that... Read More

MARTINSBURG — It was a meeting of minds - and hearts - when U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito chatted with Berkeley Day Report Center staffers about the area's heroin epidemic as she took about an hour Monday afternoon to hear how they are helping local addicts turn their lives around. Ronda Eddy, who oversees the local office as well as the Jefferson Day Report Center, took full advantage to explain the many obstacles that still remain locally - especially the lack of a rehab facility. It... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito came to Berkeley County on Monday on fact-finding visits to a home-insulation manufacturing plant and the new Berkeley Day Report Center. On the second leg of her tour, Capito, R-W.Va., met with officials at the new day report center that opened this week at 800 Emmert Rousch Drive in Martinsburg. Nonviolent offenders are referred to the center to participate in community-corrections treatment programs in lieu of jail time.The Berkeley... Read More

HUNTINGTON — More than $6.7 million in federal funding will make its way to West Virginia and Ohio in an attempt to improve and expand the delivery of substance abuse services in health centers, with a specific focus on treatment of opioid use disorders in under-served populations.Huntington-based Valley Health Systems, Inc. is among five community health centers in the state that will share in $1,771,187 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources. With that money, their goal... Read More

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Friday Change Inc. in Weirton will receive $370,204 to improve and expand substance abuse services. The senators said Change Inc. and four other community health centers in West Virginia will be awarded a total of more than $1.7 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will help health centers better address the substance abuse treatment needs in their communities, with a focus on treating... Read More

WEIRTON — U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Friday C.H.A.N.G.E. Inc. in Weirton will receive $370,204 to improve and expand substance abuse services. The senators said C.H.A.N.G.E. Inc. and four other community health centers in West Virginia will be awarded a total of more than $1.7 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will help health centers better address the substance abuse treatment needs in their... Read More

The U.S. Senate is on board with a plan to more aggressively combat the opiod-addiction epidemic that has swept through the Appalachian region and other parts of the nation. Now, it's time for the U.S. House to do the same. Senators on Thursday approved, by a 94-1 vote, the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act of 2016. The legislation includes money to train emergency workers to treat drug abusers, create treatment programs that would be alternatives to imprisonment and finance recovery programs... Read More

A clinic in eastern Kanawha County and another one in Putnam County are among five in West Virginia to receive federal funding to expand substance abuse treatment services, federal officials announced Friday. Cabin Creek Health Systems, based in Dawes, will receive $317,650, and Womencare in Scott Depot will receive $325,000 from Health and Human Services for substance abuse treatment services. Across the state, West Virginia clinics will receive more than $1.7 million. Besides Cabin Creek and... Read More

CHARLESTON — Calling the problem a “national emergency,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) said passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act is a “good first step” in tackling a growing crisis. The bill passed by an overwhelming margin, 94-1, in the Senate Thursday, and earmarks more than $300 million over five years in federal grants to state and local programs aimed at strengthening treatment for addicts and expanding prevention... Read More