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Exclusive: Ex-WVa health chief says cuts hurt virus response

by Associated Press
| July 10, 2020 11:27 AM

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The former West Virginia public health leader forced out by the governor says decades-old computer systems and cuts to staff over a period of years had made a challenging job even harder during a once-in-a-century pandemic.

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