Lingering death is the usual means for killing legislative bills, but there’s also the swift smackdown method. The Montana Legislature used that second method, also known as tabling, to cut down House Bills 516 and
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WV gets help on the ground with Hepatitis A outbreak from CDC experts
Responding to a request from Gov. Jim Justice, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved a 6-person team into West Virginia to help knock down an outbreak of Hepatitis A.
Gov. Justice
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Hepatitis A cases nearing 100 in WV; 3 out of 4 hospitalized
West Virginia has had 98 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A so far this year, with some of them caused by the same strain of the liver virus that has sickened people across the country.
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CDC reports 119 people from 8 states have Hepatitis A linked to smoothies
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated this outbreak on Friday afternoon to a total of 119 cases of Hepatitis A from eight states. Forty-seven of these individuals have been hospitalized, but
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Beach Beat: Cheers to West Virginia’s Bureau of Public Health
There’s good news out of West Virginia in the wake of a state delegate’s illegal distribution of raw milk in the halls of the Mountain State’s Capitol. As I mentioned in this space in late
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Capitol crud or unpasteurized pathogens, a gut-wrenching tale
What’s more ironic than a raw milk fan sharing unpasteurized milk with fellow legislators in celebration of a new herd-share law and having the toasts coincidentally followed by an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness? One of
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Animal ownership agreements offer a route to raw milk in WV
A law permitting shared animal ownership agreements as the legal vessel for consuming raw milk has been singed into law in West Virginia by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. Last year, the Democratic governor vetoed a
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West Virginia Governor Vetoes Raw Milk Herdshare Bill
Bucking the headwinds of an 81-19 vote in the West Virginia House of Delegates (18-16 in the Senate) for legislation that would have allowed dairy farmers to provide raw milk through herdshare arrangements, Gov. Earl
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West Virginia Passes Raw Milk Herd-Share Bill
State lawmakers in West Virginia have passed a bill allowing people to buy and sell raw milk through herd-share programs, according to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Raw milk was previously not allowed for sale
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‘Herd Sharing’ Might Become Option for Raw Milk Buyers in West Virginia
The last six West Virginians who became sick from drinking raw milk did it the old-fashioned way — they bought their unpasteurized beverages in Pennsylvania where it’s legal. 
Now the West Virginia House Committee on
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupes Extends to West Virginia
WV man hospitalized; 3 more ill in MO Four more cases of Salmonella, including the first case in West Virginia, have been reported as part of a growing outbreak linked to cantaloupes from a farm
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