NewsScan

CHARLESTON, WV - As the Public Employees Insurance Agency considers major increases on premiums and deductibles, outgoing Gov. Jim Justice advised his successor to strongly consider another round of pay raises to make up for the hike.

CHARLESTON, WV - In a significant advancement for emergency medical services in West Virginia, the West Virginia Department of Health, in collaboration with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) and trauma-designated hospitals across the state, has secured a grant to enhance trauma response coordination.

CHARLESTON, WV - Turning a weakness into a strength isn’t just a wise saying that makes for a good motivational poster or positive social media post.

CHARLESTON, WV - Rural health care is expensive and unprofitable, leading many people in need to skip seeing a doctor and leading to more than 100 hospital closures in the past decade since more than half are operating at a loss.

MARSHALL COUNTY, WV - Marshall County Schools has partnered with WVU Medicine's Rockefeller Science Institute to offer free mental health services to students.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - GLP-1 medications like Ozempic have come to be known as miracle weight loss drugs.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Medical Center has earned designation of a Prostate Cancer MRI Center from the American College of Radiology (ACR).

ELKINS, WV - Vandalia Health’s Davis Medical Center will host their annual Women’s Health Day event on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Gynecologist, Dr. John Sunyecz, has been voted GOLD for Best Specialty Doctor/Practice in Fayette 2024.

MOUNDSVILLE, WV - A new outdoor fitness court is now available to Moundsville residents after a ribbon cutting on Wednesday.

BECKLEY, WV - Each year, nearly 530 American men die from breast cancer, according to data from The American Cancer Society.

BUCKEYE, WV - JJ Potts, on behalf of the Center for Organ Recovery and Education and Donate Life West Virginia, presented a Platinum Award to Lori Riggsby, RN, and PMH Public Relations and Special Projects Coordinator Susan Wilkins in recognition of Pocahontas Memorial Hospital’s participation in the “Donate Life WV Hospital Challenge.”

FAIRMONT, WV - Low labor force participation — the percentage of the population working or currently looking for work — is one of West Virginia’s long-standing economic impediments.

CHARLESTON, WV - I am sure you know of Al Capone, an American gangster and businessman who went to prison for federal income tax evasion.

CHARLESTON, WV - Those in the Charleston area in need of free and essential healthcare services will get a one-day opportunity to receive that this Saturday.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Medical Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Chris Cook, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, as Vandalia Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine is now offering patients newly diagnosed with pituitary and anterior skull-base tumors a more centralized approach to initial evaluations.

HUNTINGTON, WV - The experienced physicians and staff at St. Mary’s Regional Heart Institute, a member of Marshall Health Network, offer the latest state-of-the-art techniques and procedures for treating heart rhythm irregularities.

MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health is pleased to announce that Podiatry care will be offered to its growing list of specialty services with the addition of Daniel Wright, DPM, FACFAS, to its physician team.

HUNTINGTON, WV - In October, during Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, many come together to recognize the profound heartache that comes with losing a pregnancy or an infant.

MORGANTOWN, WV - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost half of all adults living in the United States have hypertension.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Lauren Winans sat down with Grace Conde, RN, clinical navigator at United Hospital Center, to discuss breast cancer.

MARTINSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center are partnering with CCAP Loaves and Fishes to offer a new workshop in Martinsburg.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Central Supply, a concrete company in Bridgeport, decided to wrap five of their cement trucks to show support for local charities.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia officials are bracing for public reaction to cost increases for the state’s insurance that covers government workers.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The shortage of IV fluids continues to cause statewide health providers to make adjustments.

HUNTINGTON, WV - West Virginia Amendment 1, the Prohibit "Medically-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Mercy Killing" Measure, is on the ballot in West Virginia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on Nov. 5, 2024.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Wound Care has been providing hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in Morgantown for over 20 years.

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

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