NewsScan
A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
10/02/2023 - The Journal by: Tom Markland
MARTINSBURG, WV - National Recovery Month went out with a bang on Saturday, as locals gathered at War Memorial Park for the third annual “Recovery in the Park” event, following a recovery walk around the city earlier in the day.
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10/02/2023 - WTRF by: Jake McGlumphy
WHEELING, WV - Mark your calendars! An Ohio Valley favorite that has been around for decades is back again with tons of fun things to do.
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10/02/2023 - Mineral News & Tribune
WASHINGTON D.C. - WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital has been earmarked for $1.1 million in federal funding for the establishment of a satellite clinic in Keyser.
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09/29/2023 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by: Judith Siebart
MORGANTOWN, WV - More than 38 million people, including 9 million children, experience food insecurity in the United States.
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09/29/2023 - WBOY by: Jordan Massey
BRIDGEPORT, WV - The North Central West Virginia Airport has plans to host an emergency response exercise this coming Wednesday, Oct. 4.
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09/29/2023 - WVNews
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has announced that eligible child care providers will receive an extra payment for the month of September using remaining pandemic relief funds.
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09/29/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Joselyn King
WHEELING, WV - Local residents put a little heart into walking and exercising Thursday to raise awareness of the importance of cardiovascular health.
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09/29/2023 - The Exponent Telegram
MORGANTOWN, WV - Friday marks the first anniversary of WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital, the 150-bed, $215 million facility in Morgantown dedicated to providing the children of West Virginia the highest quality care possible.
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09/29/2023 - WVNews
BRIDGEPORT, WV - WVU Medicine United Hospital Center has announced an addition to its staff.
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09/29/2023 - MetroNews by: Jeff Jenkins
CHARLESTON, WV - Charleston Area Medical Center has announced plans to transition to free parking at its hospitals and outpatient facilities in Charleston.
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09/29/2023 - Mountain Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - St. Mary’s Regional Cancer Center (SMMC) is now treating patients with the new CyberKnife® S7™ System, a fully robotic device that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors throughout the body.
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09/29/2023 - WV Press Association
CHARLESTON, WV - WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals is the first site in the Kanawha Valley to offer robotic-assisted total knee replacement with the Zimmer Biomet ROSA® robotic surgical assistant.
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09/29/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Shelley Hanson
GLEN DALE, WV - A plaque in honor of the late Betty Weekly, a longtime volunteer at WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital, was dedicated Thursday.
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09/29/2023 - WTAP by: Hailey Lanham
PARKERSBURG, WV - The month of September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
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09/28/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Ashleigh Hollowell
WASHINGTON D.C. - Routine vaccination rates for children in the U.S. continue to decline, according to data analyzed by the Center for American Progress.
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09/28/2023 - The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, WV - The Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce’s rich history dates back to the 1800s.
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09/28/2023 - Mountain Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - Mountain Health Network (MHN) has named Nina Wallace, manager of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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09/28/2023 - WVNews
WASHINGTON D.C. - The West Virginia University Health System and WVU’s Health Sciences Center will receive federal funding totaling more than $23 million.
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09/28/2023 - The Journal
MARTINSBURG, WV - Winners of the first WVU Medicine Frank Sabado, Jr., M.D. Pickleball Classic were recently announced.
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09/28/2023 - WTRF by: Dan Mayeres
WHEELING, WV - Employees were treated to a picnic Wednesday afternoon at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital.
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09/27/2023 - MetroNews by: Mike Nolting
MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia United Health System, WVU Medicine, has reported a third-party data breach that could have affected specific patients.
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09/27/2023 - WHSV by: Colby Johnson
PETERSBURG, WV - In West Virginia, Grant County is restructuring some of its emergency services.
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09/27/2023 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is the first in the state to offer the Barostim™ Baroreflex Activation Therapy, the world’s first FDA-approved heart failure device to use neuromodulation, to improve the symptoms of patients with systolic heart failure who may not receive adequate symptom relief from medications alone and those who are not suited for treatment with other heart failure devices, like cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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09/27/2023 - The Register-Herald
CHARLESTON, WV - Funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will go to Charleston Area Medical Center Health Education and Research Institute, Inc. to support telenursing software upgrades, telemedicine expansion, and cardiology services integration.
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09/27/2023 - The State Journal
MORGANTOWN, WV - After a year of new spaces, new faces, and new miracles made, it’s time to celebrate at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital.
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09/27/2023 - The Inter-Mountain
LEWISBURG, WV - For Josalyn Mann, D.O., one of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s eight regional assistant deans, one day of the year stands head and shoulders above all others.
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09/27/2023 - WVNews by: Michael Lemley
MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Lincoln, Kanawha, and Lewis counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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09/27/2023 - WVNews by: Michael Lemley
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Tucker and Preston counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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09/26/2023 - Fierce Healthcare by: Annie Burky
MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia’s highest-ranked heart care program has partnered with Story Health to decrease health inequities through at-home heart failure care.
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09/26/2023 - WV Public Broadcasting by: Chris Schulz
WHEELING, WV - A new psychiatric hospital focusing on children and adolescents opened Monday in the Northern Panhandle.
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