NewsScan

A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News

02/06/2025 - Mountain State Spotlight by: Erin Beck
HUNTINGTON, WV - A case against major drug distributors over the flood of painkiller pills that devastated West Virginia is back in court.
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02/06/2025 - WOWK by: Kelli McAlhany
PUTNAM COUNTY, WV - For first responders, every second counts, and that can mean the difference between life and death.
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02/06/2025 - The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, WV - In my youth, millions of children were severely sickened, crippled or killed by diseases that vaccines now prevent.
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02/06/2025 - WDTV
BRIDGEPORT, WV - The quality of your drinking water depends on where it came from and how it has been treated.
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02/06/2025 - The Dominion Post by: David Beard
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia fares better than 29 states and the District of Columbia for hospital emergency department visit times.
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02/06/2025 - WOWK by: Jordan Mead
CHARLESTON, WV - CAMC General Hospital in Charleston just added a new naloxone box to their lobby.
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02/06/2025 - The Journal
CHARLES TOWN, WV - Four members of the Eastern Panhandle legislative delegation met with members of the public Monday evening at a town hall event at Corner Connection in Charles Town.
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02/06/2025 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - February is American Heart Month, and WVU Medicine officials hope to raise awareness of heart health in West Virginia, where cardiovascular disease is more prevalent than the national average.
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02/05/2025 - MyBuckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is proud to announce the addition of two cutting-edge imaging services: PET/CT and Prostate MRI.
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02/05/2025 - WVNews by: John Mark Shaver
FAIRMONT, WV - With February being both American Heart Month and Women’s Health Month, WVU Medicine has again teamed up with the Marion County Chamber of Commerce to promote the annual Go Red for Women Day, slated for this Friday.
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02/05/2025 - WSAZ by: Summer Jewell
HUNTINGTON, WV - Weight loss is a common new year’s resolution - but it’s important to lose weight in a healthy way, instead of focusing on trendy diets.
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02/05/2025 - WTRF
WHEELING, WV - The West Virginia State Hockey Championships are coming back to the Friendly City once again.
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02/05/2025 - Mon Health
WESTON, WV - Thirty hearty individuals took to the track at Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital (SJMH) during the eighth annual Groundhog Day 5K race on Saturday, Feb. 1, despite the freezing weather.
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02/05/2025 - WSAZ
HUNTINGTON, WV - Norovirus, better known as the stomach bug, is running rampant across the country.
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02/05/2025 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) has once again achieved a milestone with the first in-human use of the Broadway System, an innovative medical device set to transform stroke care.
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02/05/2025 - The Herald-Dispatch
CHARLESTON, WV - In the heart of Appalachia, teachers, service personnel and other public employees tackle growing challenges in the work we do each day.
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02/05/2025 - The Dominion Post
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Health System announced on Tuesday the appointment of Dr. Michael Stevens as chief quality officer.
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02/04/2025 - WV Public Broadcasting
CHARLESTON, WV - On Wednesday, the American Lung Association released its annual “State of Tobacco Control” report and West Virginia again earned failing grades.
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02/04/2025 - West Virginia Watch by: Lori Kersey
CHARLESTON, WV - The first step in Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s plan to allow religious exemptions to the state’s school vaccine laws is apparently done, but his administration did not release the details Monday.
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02/04/2025 - The Inter-Mountain by: Steven Allen Adams
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia chapter of a conservative grassroots advocacy organization that spent money and manpower on behalf of the state’s new Republican governor and other GOP leaders now hopes their legislative agenda will receive a warm welcome, though opposition remains.
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02/04/2025 - WVNews by: Charles Young
CHARLESTON, WV - The state Bureau for Public Health has submitted guidance to the office of Gov. Patrick Morrisey for a school vaccine exemption plan, according to a communications official.
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02/04/2025 - West Virginia Watch by: Del. Kathie Hess Crouse, R-Putnam
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia has taken a bold and necessary step in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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02/04/2025 - Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s health care system is under the weight of inefficiency, leaving many rural communities without access to essential care.
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02/04/2025 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Participants in the second cohort of the Mon Health Explorer Program visited Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Medical Center to engage with representatives from the hospital’s Laboratory Services team.
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02/04/2025 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: David Goldberg and Dr. Glenn Crotty
CHARLESTON, WV - As debates rage about health care regulation, West Virginia’s Certificate of Need (CON) law has come under increased scrutiny, but the reality is this program plays an important role in helping ensure access to care for all West Virginians.
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02/04/2025 - WVNS by: Ashley Davidson
PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital has sent out a Community Needs Assessment Survey to the ten counties it services.
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02/03/2025 - WVNews by: Logan Cottrell
MORGANTOWN - The Hazel and J.W. Ruby Community Center Event Complex in Morgantown was filled with enthusiastic spectators for the 13th Annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry, which featured golf icon John Daly as a special guest.
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02/03/2025 - Times West Virginian
BRIDGEPORT, WV - Three health care professionals at United Health Center have been recognized for their excellence in patient care.
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02/03/2025 - The Dominion Post by: Ben Conley
MORGANTOWN, WV - To accommodate the design of WVU Hospitals’ forthcoming $233.5 million eye institute project, Morgantown City Council will consider a land swap that will relocate the road accessing the city’s North Side Fire Station (Station 3).
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02/03/2025 - Connect Bridgeport