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HUNTINGTON, WV - Three-year-old Magnolia Pauley spent her earliest days in the Neonatal Therapeutic Unit at Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.

CHARLESTON, WV - Phillip Pifer, M.D., Ph.D., is a board-certified radiation oncologist at the WVU Cancer Institute, where he specializes in treating lung and gynecologic cancers.

CHARLESTON, WV - Phillip West, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., C.T.T., is the manager of Healthy Minds outpatient behavioral health clinics within the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and the WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry in Morgantown.

CHARLESTON, WV - Vikrant Siva Jagadeesan, M.D., F.A.C.C, is a board-certified interventional cardiologist and assistant professor of medicine at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute.

CHARLESTON, WV - Michaela Dolde, assistant vice president of operations at WVU Medicine Children’s, joined WVU Medicine six years ago.

CHARLESTON, WV - Every day, I work on the frontlines of the addiction and overdose crisis here in Charleston, a crisis that has hit West Virginia harder than any other state in the nation.

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Evelyn McGee, MBA, as the new Director of Ancillary Services & Ambulatory Clinics.

CHARLESTON, WV - A coalition of West Virginians urged the state’s senators to just say no to changes to federally funded medical and food support.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Staff and administrators gathered on Friday, June 13, to celebrate the first anniversary of the WVU Medicine Outpatient Rehabilitation Center at University Town Centre, which officially marked one year in operation on June 3.

BECKLEY, WV - Raleigh General Hospital is being recognized nationally for its efforts in advanced wound care.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Cancer Center has received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Through a collaborative partnership, WVU School of Nursing graduate-level students are working with administrators at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital to identify clinical opportunities for improvement, implement evidence-based solutions and enhance patient outcomes.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Ali Hajiran, M.D., chief of Urologic Oncology and director of Robotic Surgery at the WVU Cancer Institute, has achieved a major career milestone — eclipsing 500 major robotic urologic cancer surgeries.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Memorial Health System’s lawsuit against West Virginia University Hospitals and WVU Medicine Camden Clark is moving forward again after a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Dr. William Wallace has been named medical director of perioperative services for Marshall Health Network (MHN).

CHARLESTON, WV - Eight years ago, when the Affordable Care Act was up for repeal, then-Gov. Justice and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., helped walk the nation back from the brink.

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump’s executive order, which threatens pharmaceutical companies with targeted retaliation and lawsuits if they fail to lower drug prices, raises serious legal questions and could create drug shortages if implemented.

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is urging insurers to continue covering vaccinations during pregnancy in an open letter signed by 30 prominent professional health organizations.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital (PCH) announced that Tonya Mills, RN, was presented with an award for excellence in nursing.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Three-year-old Magnolia Pauley spent her earliest days in the Neonatal Therapeutic Unit at Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.

CHARLESTON, WV - Since the beginning of the year when a measles outbreak in New Mexico and West Texas resulted in the death of a school-aged child, there have been reignited discussions about vaccination and the measles virus itself.

WESTON, WV - Vandalia Health Mon Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital is proud to announce that it has achieved the prestigious international Baby-Friendly redesignation after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA. The hospital was first designated as a Baby-Friendly hospital in 2019.

WV - Nine months after Monroe County Hospital in rural South Alabama closed its labor and delivery department in October 2023, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in neighboring Clarke County also stopped delivering babies.

HUNTINGTON, WV - This year, the Maternity Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH) has earned national acclaim, receiving three prestigious awards that underscore its commitment to exceptional care for mothers and babies.

ST. ALBANS, WV - A woman has called for West Virginia voters to decide the issue of abortion access in the state after she was forced to check herself out of a Charleston hospital in 2021 and travel six hours for a life-saving abortion.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is partnering with football helmet manufacturer Riddell on a new initiative to provide a cutting-edge personalized football helmet platform to middle and high school tackle football programs across Marion County.

CHARLESTON, WV - Insulin changed the way we treat and manage diabetes.

CHARLESTON, WV - Kimberly Barker says Medicaid is a lifeline for the Mountain State, and it's also vital coverage that has kept her healthy.