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WHEELING, WV - September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month and one local official is sharing her knowledge on the subject and how you can educate yourself.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital will host its second annual community health fair on October 5 at Mercer Mall.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Health sciences researchers and students gathered at WVU’s Erickson Alumni Center on Monday to celebrate their work and what it means for the state.

CHARLESTON, WV - While kids across the state have been returning to school this month, health officials are taking this time to remind parents about the importance of ensuring their kids are up to date on their vaccinations.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s substance use disorder crisis was put into sobering perspective for lawmakers this week.

HUNTINGTON, WV - September is Pediatric Oncology Month, a time to raise awareness about childhood cancer and recognize the children and families who face this life-altering diagnosis.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health is pleased to announce that Dr. Krystal Atkinson, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Nursing Officer of Mon Health Medical Center and Chief Nursing Executive of Mon Health System, has been named a 2024 West Virginia Wonder Woman by WV Living Magazine.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Every September, Marshall Health Network (MHN) joins the national movement to raise awareness about suicide prevention and mental health.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital enhances pulmonary services with three new interventional procedures, expanding access to respiratory care in rural West Virginia.

WESTON, WV - The sweet sound of bells have rung throughout the halls of the Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Infusion Center because five patients recently completed their treatment journeys.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Artificial intelligence-based technology may help WVU Medicine cardiologists more precisely treat atrial fibrillation (Afib) – an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been identified as a Carotid Care Quality Champion by the Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® (SVS VQI) clinical registry recognition program.

KEYSER, WV - Lynda Dougherty, MD, FACS, FASCRS, owner of Deep Creek Colon & Rectal Surgery in Oakland, Maryland, is now performing colonoscopies at Potomac Valley Hospital.

CLARKSBURG, WV - The Nutter Fort Park hosted a Kidney Walk for the benefit of the National Kidney Foundation on Sunday, encouraging people to stay on top of their health.

CHARLESTON, WV - The nonprofit organization responsible for overseeing the bulk of the state's opioid settlement funds will operate several "outreach locations" around the state, according to a release.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Drug Free Moms & Babies (DFMB) Program has received national attention, with several mentions in the Task Force on Maternal Mental Health’s Report to Congress.

ELIZABETH, WV - After playing a few rounds of bingo on a Thursday summer morning, Jackie Davis stayed around her table at the Wirt County Committee on Aging & Family Services’ senior center and socialized with some friends.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Maeghan Neal has been promoted to Executive Director of Budget, Integration and Medical School Liaison at Marshall Health Network (MHN).

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health hosted an international team from Japan on Wednesday in order to explain a new, innovative procedure offered at its hospital that works to lower blood pressure.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Mehdi Farishta as an expert in pulmonary and sleep services.

MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health (BMH) is proud to announce its inclusion in Becker’s list of the top 350 cleanest hospitals in the United States.

BECKLEY, WV - ARH President and CEO Hollie Harris and ARH Vice President of External Affairs Rocky Massey recognized retired Beckley ARH employee John Ellison Tuesday during a luncheon in the hospital gymnasium.

GLEN DALE, WV - Marshall County Chamber of Commerce members learned the state of Marshall County is trending positively as long-term development projects in the area come to fruition.

BECKLEY, WV - Two West Virginia University nursing students were honored on the Beckley campus at a special signing ceremony on Thursday, September 12, 2024.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Medicine Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine is shining a light on the more than 250,000 Americans who are affected by pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive, irreversible scarring of the lungs for which there is no cure.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced five funding awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for substance use treatment and prevention, as well as programs that aim to help children with family members dealing with substance use disorder.

WELCH, WV - Gov. Jim Justice said today the Welch Community Hospital Operating Room will not close under his watch.

CHARLESTON, WV - This November, adoption of a ballot initiative formally prohibiting medically assisted suicide will be decided by voters.

HUNTINGTON, WV - A research team with Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall Health Network are testing a non-opioid medication in hopes of helping newborns who are suffering from neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS).

PARKERSBURG, WV - A desire to help others has driven Michael Leggett to continue his education so he can do as much as he can when responding to an emergency as part of the Camden Clark Ambulance Service.