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HUNTINGTON, WV - In the United States alone, there are more than one million C-sections performed each year, and rates are expected to increase 30% globally by 2030.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Becker's asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their plans on improving patient care in the near future.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Intermed Labs, a four-year partner with Mon Health System, is broadening that partnership to the entire Vandalia Health System.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s Public Employee Insurance Agency (PEIA) is in a bind.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Medical Center recently announced the graduation of the fourth cohort of its Mon Pathways to Success program.

CHARLESTON, WV - Local members of law enforcement embraced their fuzzier side this November for charity.

LOGAN, WV - Chief Logan State Park sparkled with holiday cheer as participants gathered for the 2nd Annual Reindeer Dash 5K, hosted by Logan Regional Medical Center (LRMC).

WESTON, WV - Thirty-two racers braved rainy conditions and 44-degree temperatures for Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital’s 6th Annual Gobble Gallop Thanksgiving morning at WVU Jackson’s Mill in Lewis County.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network will offer the following community events and screenings for the beginning of December.

CHARLESTON, WV - More than 2,400 people across West Virginia have HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and experts in the state say there has been an increase in outbreaks specifically in Cabell and Kanawha counties since 2018 and 2019.

BECKLEY, WV - Beckley, W.Va.-based Raleigh General Hospital has named Karla Stokes CFO, according to a post on her LinkedIn page.

CHARLESTON, WV - Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health has appointed Diana Landsverk, BSN, RN, to serve as chief nursing officer for the system's Elkins, W.Va-based Davis Medical Center.

CHARLESTON, WV - November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month — coinciding with the start of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace Plans.

FAIRMONT, WV - Labor issues set the tone for Monday afternoon's Marion County Board of Education meeting.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Hospitals Rehabilitation Services staff are improving team bonding in a unique and fun way — by lifting their voices up in song.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Renovations were recently completed at the Cecil B. Highland Jr. & Barbara B. Highland Cancer Center at WVU Medicine United Hospital Center.

CHARLESTON, WV - Heading toward an incoming administration and a newly-seated legislature, West Virginia’s state revenue is just above water.

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

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network will offer the following community events and screenings for the beginning of December.

WASHINGTON, DC - Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV fluid hydration altogether.

KEYSER, WV - Potomac Valley Hospital’s (PVH) fundraiser held Nov. 9 at Brookedale Farm raised over $35,000 on behalf of the hospital’s cancer and infusion center.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO are warning about the substantial rise in cases of measles and whooping cough (pertussis) in the United States and globally.

PHILIPPI, WV - Vandalia Health System announced Monday the expansion of teleneurology services to Broaddus Hospital, which officials said further advances stroke care in Barbour and surrounding counties.

LOGAN, WV - Three hundred employees of the Logan Regional Medical Center will now get the chance to have their voices heard after voting to join the United Steel Workers union.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Legislature and a new governor will soon have say-so over any policy response to the increased cost of insurance for public employees.

BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV - Valley Health has partnered with Hospice of the Panhandle to launch a hospice care programme within its hospitals, War Memorial Hospital (WarMH) in Berkeley Springs and Hampshire Memorial Hospital (HMH) in Romney, West Virginia, US.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia Gov. and Senator-elect Jim Justice said Tuesday he supports a plan by President Joe Biden’s administration to expand access to costly weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, but acknowledged that their prices might be a concern.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Volunteers at the Salvation Army of Parkersburg prepped Tuesday for 1,500 meals planned on Thanksgiving Day.

WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Continuous Care Center has always been a “gem” in the Wheeling community, said Douglass Harrison, regional president of WVU Medicine. A national publication now agrees with that sentiment.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Department of Health Facilities, reliant on contract nurses to staff state-run hospitals, is now seeking a single vendor to manage all of its contact laborer services.