NewsScan
A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
09/19/2023 - The Dominion Post by: Erin Cleavenger
MORGANTOWN, WV - Saturday’s Backyard Brawl between WVU and Pitt brought in the largest crowd seen at Milan Puskar Stadium since 2019 with the in-game attendance reaching over 61,000.
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09/15/2023 - The Parkersburg News & Sentinel
PARKERSBURG, WV - After a few weeks back in the classroom, chances are good that many families have experienced the consequences of their children returning to such a germ-friendly environment.
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09/15/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Erica Carbajal
WASHINGTON D.C. - There were nearly 19,000 new COVID-19 admissions in U.S. hospitals for the week ending Sept. 2, according to the latest data from the CDC.
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09/15/2023 - WVNS by: Chris Robertson
PRINCETON, WV - Vandalia Health Network’s FARMacy program continues to expand as it arrives at CAMC Primary Care in Princeton.
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09/15/2023 - Martinsburg-Berkley County Chamber
MARTINSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center are partnering with Quality Insights to offer a new diabetes self-management program workshop in Martinsburg.
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09/15/2023 - The Journal by: Angela Durkin
BERKELEY COUNTY, WV - Volunteers for Save a Life Day were seen at several pop-up distribution locations throughout Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties Thursday in an effort to provide free naloxone and education for members of the public.
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09/14/2023 - The Inter-Mountain by: Steven Allen Adams
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is preparing to split into three new departments at the end of the year while also sharing administrative services between the three departments.
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09/14/2023 - WVNews by: Charles Young
CHARLESTON, WV - All West Virginians age six months and older are encouraged to get the new COVID-19 vaccine, WVU Medicine’s Dr. Clay Marsh said Wednesday.
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09/14/2023 - CAMC
CHARLESTON, WV - CAMC recently achieved reaccreditation as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by Surgical Review Corporation (SRC).
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09/14/2023 - Tri-State Alert
CHARLESTON, WV - State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced his Office’s Unclaimed Property Division returned more than $48,000 worth of unclaimed property to the West Virginia University Medical Corporation, which conducts business as University Health Associates (UHA), and WVU Hospitals, Inc. (WVUH).
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09/14/2023 - WVNews
WHITE HALL, WV - Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital is now offering outpatient lab services in White Hall.
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09/14/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Derek Redd
WHEELING, WV - As Staci Stephen, the executive director of the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley, looked over the more than 150 volunteers who converged at Wheeling Park’s White Palace on Wednesday morning, ready to spread through the community and help nonprofits from Brooke to Wetzel counties, she felt multiple emotions.
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09/13/2023 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Coming off major changes, the Public Employees Insurance Agency might still have to soon raise rates for the people it insures, the new executive director told lawmakers.
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09/13/2023 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s Medicaid commissioner tried to reassure lawmakers about the thousands of state residents being ruled ineligible for government health insurance programs.
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09/13/2023 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Peak Health, a new health insurer and health insurance services company headquartered in Morgantown, is pleased to announce its application to offer Medicare Advantage plans, with enrollment starting in October for eligible coverage beginning Jan. 1.
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09/13/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Jack Bernard
CHARLESTON, WV - “During a Committee on Ways and Means GOP field hearing in #WV, we heard from a struggling small business owner who had to decide between paying for her employees’ health insurance or keeping the lights on.”
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09/13/2023 - MetroNews by: Carrie Hodousek
CHARLESTON, WV - State Coronavirus Czar Dr. Clay Marsh says West Virginians should have a better idea by the end of this week of who should receive the new COVID-19 vaccine.
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09/13/2023 - The Herald-Dispatch by: Ashley Perham
CHARLESTON, WV - Appalachian Save A Life Day, a naloxone distribution event that started in Kanawha and Putnam counties three years ago, has spread to all 13 Appalachian states this year — from New York to Mississippi.
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09/13/2023 - Mountain Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - St. Mary’s Medical Center, a member of Mountain Health Network, will offer free drive-thru flu shot clinics in Huntington and Hurricane Saturday, Sept. 23.
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09/13/2023 - My Buckhannon
MORGANTOWN, WV - Four Mon Health System hospitals and one affiliate hospital earned national recognition for the outstanding work done to increase organ, eye, and tissue donor registrations across West Virginia from the WV Donate Life Hospital Challenge.
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09/13/2023 - WDTV
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Health System is being featured on a prominent list of businesses across the country.
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09/13/2023 - WVNews by: Michael Lemley
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Urologic Oncology surgeons at the WVU Cancer Institute recently became the first in the state to perform a single-port partial nephrectomy.
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09/13/2023 - Mineral News & Tribune
KEYSER, WV - Potomac Valley Hospital’s (PVH) behavioral health clinic along with its preventive medicine and diabetes education services are moving to new offices at the Potomac Plaza in Keyser.
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09/13/2023 - The Record Delta
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon recently received a top ranking in the United States for patient experience.
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09/12/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Molly Gamble
MORGANTOWN, WV - Forbes' fifth annual list of America's Best Employers By State contains a number of health systems and acute-care hospitals, with more than a dozen recognized in Illinois, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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09/12/2023 - WBOY by: Christian Meffert
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is providing funding for 12 projects across West Virginia that aim to expand access to local substance use disorder recovery services.
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09/12/2023 - The Herald-Dispatch
WASHINGTON D.C. - Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for another scary virus called RSV are rolling out to older adults and pregnant women.
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09/12/2023 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon has received one of the top rankings in the United States for patient experience.
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09/12/2023 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by: Gretchen McKay
MORGANTOWN, WV - School is back in session and, for some parents, that means learning how to get a quick and nutritious breakfast into their children’s stomachs before they head out the door.
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09/12/2023 - Times West Virginian by: Esteban Fernandez
MORGANTOWN, WV - Targeted therapies and other innovative breast cancer treatments were the subject of a cutting edge symposium at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center on Monday.
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