Mercer County Health Department administrator resigns
GREEN VALLEY — A member of the Mercer County Board of Health confirmed Thursday that the health department’s administrator had resigned.
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GREEN VALLEY — A member of the Mercer County Board of Health confirmed Thursday that the health department’s administrator had resigned.
Proponents of Senate Bill 334, which passed earlier this year, was intended to reduce crime, health risks and litter supposedly associated with needle exchanges. But Mercer County needle exchange workers say the program made the community healthier.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia may now be at the peak of the COVID Delta surge.
May 20—BLUEFIELD — A new law related to the needle exchange programs in West Virginia may cause repercussions in the spread of hepatitis C. Roger Topping, administrator of the Mercer County Health Department, has always been opposed to the bill and expressed his disappointment with legislators who voted for it once again Wednesday at the county Board of Health meeting. Citing a rise in hep C ...