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U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by tables holding testing supplies and machines, speaks during a press briefing about coronavirus testing in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Abbott’s fast Covid-19 test may miss too many cases, NYU study finds

(CNN) -- A new study suggests that the Covid-19 diagnostic test being used by the White House frequently misses cases of the virus.The Abbott ID NOW test, which has been touted by President Trump on...

A very active spring severe weather season will continue in Tornado Alley, a part of the central US known for severe storms

Severe storms with isolated tornadoes are likely across the Northeast today

(CNN) -- Severe storms are likely from Ohio to New Hampshire on Friday afternoon and evening.The worst of the storms is likely to an area northwest of New York City, across southern New York and western...

Information from the 2018/2019 Annual Impact Report for Student Accessibility Services

When the illness is invisible: Kent State students living with chronic illness turn to each other for support

Lyndsey Brennan Guest writer May 15, 2020

Last spring, when a flare-up of arthritis symptoms landed Katie Murphy in the hospital the week before finals, she did what she’s always done in that situation: opened her laptop and got to work on assignments...

Civil Rights Jackson State Killings

STF May 15, 2020

Students peer out of the bullet-riddled windows of Alexander Hall, a women's dormitory at Jackson State College in Jackson, Miss., after two African-American students were killed and 12 injured when police...

Ohio child care, camps, pools to reopen this month

Andrew Welsh-Huggins May 14, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio day care centers and gyms, along with activities ranging from sports like tennis and softball to horse racing to swimming in public pools, will resume this month, the state's...

Students peer out of the bullet-riddled windows of Alexander Hall, a women's dormitory at Jackson State College in Jackson, Miss., after two African-American students were killed and 12 injured when police opened fire on the building, claiming they were fired upon by snipers, May 15, 1970. The shooting occurred after rioting broke out on the campus. (AP Photo)

Jackson State: The Untold Truth

May 14-15, 2020, was the 50th anniversary of the shooting of Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green at Jackson State College in Mississippi. Their deaths remain hidden behind the national attention...

marching JSU students

Photo Courtesy of University Archives and Special Collections, H.T. Sampson Library, Jackson State University May 14, 2020

African American high school students march throughout downtown Jackson, Mississippi to protest the May 14-15, 1970 shootings that took place at Jackson State University. City and state police officers...

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The Washington Post May 14, 2020

HUNTINGTON, WV - OCTOBER 1: Recovering addict, Eric, shows off his syringe and hook tattoo at The Farm recovery center on October 1, 2019 in Huntington, WV. Huntington, West Virginia is experiencing a...

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The Washington Post May 14, 2020

HUNTINGTON, WV - OCTOBER 2: Two partially used syringes and needles are seen as Rocky Meadows, left, former addict and founder of Lifehouse treatment and recovery center, walks with two former addicts...

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The Washington Post May 14, 2020

STOLLINGS, WV -SEP 01: An ominous sign painted on some rocks in Logan County, West Virginia speaks to the issue that drugs are a big problem in rural West Virginia. -The Mingo County town of Gilbert, West...

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BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI May 14, 2020

A memorial calls into question Gods existence on April 20, 2017 in Huntington, West Virginia. - Huntington, the city in the northwest corner of West Virginia, bordering Kentucky, has been portrayed as...

HUNTINGTON, WV - OCTOBER 2: Two partially used syringes and needles are seen as Rocky Meadows, left, former addict and founder of Lifehouse treatment and recovery center, walks with two former addicts along rail tracks where addicts use drugs on October 2, 2019 in Huntington, WV. Huntington, West Virginia is experiencing a surge in HIV cases related to intravenous drug use following a recent opioid crisis in the state. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The pandemic is triggering opioid relapses across Appalachia

Fernando Alfonso IIICNN May 14, 2020

Editor's note: This story was produced in partnership with 100 Days in Appalachia, an independent, non-profit digital news publication incubated at the Media Innovation Center at the West Virginia...