WV and National Disaster News - July 8, 2022

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​WEST VIRGINIA

COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for July 8, 2022 (WV DHHR) - There are currently 2,428 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There were no deaths reported to DHHR over the last 24 hours, and total deaths remain at 7,069 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

• West Virginia National Guard transitions to state-level COVID response, ready if further activation needed -  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Active covid cases, hospitalizations increase in West Virginia (The Herald-Dispatch)
• OPINION: COVID-19: Listen to Justice and get your booster shots  (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

• Residents wonder what's next after FEMA denies assistance to those affected by May floods  (WCHS-TV)
• Downed trees, thousands of power outages remain after storms sweep through  (WCHS-TV)

 
OTHER

• New National Guard Fellowship Starts At Marshall University's Institute For Cyber Security  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Emergency workers respond to University of Charleston's new EMS continuing education program  (WOWK-TV)
• Changes expected for proposed Huntington floodwall ordinance to protect people without housing (The Herald-Dispatch)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
COVID & HEALTH

• Slow pace for youngest kids getting COVID vaccine doses  (The Associated Press)
• Doctor talks recent COVID-19 variants, breakthrough infections  (WBAL-TV)
• Omicron Variant BA.5 May Drive Covid Wave in Malaysia: Health Minister  (Bloomberg)
• 'Quite likely the worst is over': What to know about the current state of the COVID pandemic (USA Today)
• The Economy Could Have a Long Case of Long Covid  (The Wall Street Journal)
• Monkeypox vaccine and testing delays echo failures in early COVID response (CBS News)

• Can FEMA Keep Up with Climate Change? (Slate Magazine Podcast)
• New wildfire burning near Truckee triggers evacuation order; Yosemite fire (CBS News California)
• Wildfire inside Yosemite National Park forces partial closure. Here's the latest (Fresno Bee), also see CNN 
• San Antonio opens Migrant Resource Center for Legal Migrants, surprising neighbors (KSAT News 12 - Texas)

• Poll finds most gun owners favor mo​dest restrictions but deeply distrust government  (WITF-Radio)