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RIPLEY, WV - WVU Medicine Jackson General Hospital is proud to announce the expansion of its Infusion Therapy Services, providing more accessible, local care for patients in need of regular infusion treatments.

CHARLESTON, WV - The elected leaders of Berkeley County Schools will continue to follow West Virginia’s law requiring certain immunizations for students entering schools in August despite the legal threats from a local lawmaker, Del. S. Chris Anders, R-Berkeley.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - HealthNet Aeromedical Services is launching into celebrating 40 years of service to the community.

CHARLESTON, WV - The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine’s Steven J. Jubelirer Summer Externship Program wrapped up Thursday, July 17.

CHARLESTON, WV - The health and well-being of West Virginia citizens is everyone’s business.

MORGANTOWN, WV - It was one foot in front of the other Wednesday morning for Xavier Costello and Legend Williams.

CHARLESTON, WV - On July4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (BBB), a sweeping package of tax cuts and spending reforms, became law.

LEWISBURG, WV - Governor Patrick Morrisey has selected Drema Hill, Ph.D. to serve on the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA).

MORGANTOWN, WV - First responders from across North Central West Virginia are gathering this week for a 40-hour Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training program aimed at improving how police, dispatchers, and mental health professionals respond to individuals in crisis.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Long summer days, weekend hikes, afternoons by the water — this time of year invites everyone to spend more time outdoors.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia is leading the way with its ban on several artificial food dyes and preservatives.

PRINCETON, WV - Power is beginning to be restored to WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital after a severed power line caused disruptions.

CHARLESTON, WV - Judges on a federal appeals court upheld West Virginia’s near-total abortion ban in a case that focused on access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s is saying “Oh, thank heaven for 7-Eleven” after celebrating the iconic day with its Children’s Miracle Network partners.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network announces the opening of the Women's Hematology Clinic, a first-of-its-kind specialty clinic in the region dedicated to adolescent and young adult women experiencing heavy or prolonged periods, iron deficiency or anemia, and other menstrual-related disorders.

CHARLESTON, WV - How long can a political party remain in power when it consistently defies the will of a majority of voters?

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is proud to announce that two of its team members have recently been recognized by the West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) Leadership Academy — a prestigious program dedicated to developing future healthcare leaders across the state.

CHARLESTON, WV - On Monday afternoon, protesters delivered a cardboard coffin to the office of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Two local hospitals have been recognized for their commitment to stroke care.

CHARLESTON, WV - As federal Medicaid reforms under “One Big Beautiful Bill” tighten the purse strings, West Virginia must take control of its health care future.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Pocahontas and Barbour counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia hospitals are anticipating significant changes over the next few years, following the President Donald Trump’s signing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law.

MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Jackson County offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.

WEBSTER SPRINGS, WV - Webster Memorial and Broaddus Hospital now have ‘real-time emergency room wait times,’ thanks to Vandalia Health.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia First Foundation, the non-profit board with millions of dollars in opioid settlement money available to put toward relief for state residents, has expert panels in place for the next grant cycle later this year.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital celebrated Friday, which was July 11, by partnering with 7-Eleven to turn the hospital’s Family Resource Center into a mock convenience store, allowing young patients to “shop” for snacks, do crafts and pose for photos with giant Slurpees during a 7-Eleven Day Party.

CHARLESTON, WV - As the number of U.S. measles continues at a record high, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has not backed down from his January executive order loosening the state’s strong school vaccine laws by allowing religious and philosophical exemptions for the shots.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Pocahontas and Barbour counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.

WASHINGTON, DC - Moderna reports it has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in children six months through 11 years of age, who are at an increased risk of the disease.

PRINCETON, WV - Standing behind a sign that read “Reducing Overdose Deaths,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday that West Virginia has recorded the nation’s biggest reduction in overdose deaths, but there is still work to do.