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Check out these news stories and features relevant to WVCTSI health priority areas and clinical research in Appalachia: 

Change in memory test scoring could help catch Alzheimer's earlier in women - NBC News (October 2019)

The US opioid epidemic is driving a spike in infectious diseases - Nature (June 2019)

Physicians Get Addicted Too - The Atlantic (May 2019)

Calls For Change Follow NPR/'Frontline' Black Lung Investigation - NPR (January 2019)

An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It - NPR (December 2018)

Despair, Love and Loss: A Journey Inside West Virginia’s Opioid Crisis - New York Times (December 2018)

Saving Boone County: Fighting for lives in a place ravaged by opioids - NBC News (November 2018)

The best research is produced when researchers and communities work together - Nature (October 2018)

New WVU study hoping to find additional treatment methods for depression in rural America - WV MetroNews (October 2018)

Opioid crisis started 40 years ago, report argues - NBC News (September 2018)

Study examines workplaces of coal miners with black lung - Charleston Gazette Mail (September 2018)

NIH workshop focuses on bringing more research dollars to WV - WV MetroNews (September 2018)

No Elegies for Appalachia: The Real Stories Are Resilience and Self-Reliance -Rewire.News (March 2018)