NewsScan

WASHINGTON D.C. - California ranked among the top five states for nurses in three out of four categories, according to Forbes Advisor.

FAYETTE COUNTY, WV - In the ongoing budget process, federal dollars have been earmarked to support numerous regional improvement projects for FY 2024, and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., visited Fayette County Monday to tout the funding package.

CHARLESTON, WV - This week, Gov. Jim Justice announced five new appointments to the West Virginia First Foundation, the private foundation responsible for the statewide distribution of opioid settlement funds.

HUNTINGTON, WV - The Neonatal Therapeutic Unit at the Hoops Family Children’s Hospital has recently undergone a makeover thanks to a $1 million gift from the Cabell Huntington Hospital Auxiliary and a $500,000 grant from the Mylan Charitable Foundation.

MORGANTOWN, WV - ACO West Virginia, an affiliate of WVU Medicine and the largest accountable care organization (ACO) in West Virginia, improved care for nearly 35,000 Medicare beneficiaries in West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and Pennsylvania last year.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Progressing through Postpartum (P3) Program at Mon Health, in collaboration with Moodr Health, a cutting-edge medical technology startup from M&S Consulting and Intermed Labs that specializes in perinatal mental health, is proud to announce the adoption of the Moodr Health platform in their mission to transform perinatal mental health care for expectant and new mothers in Morgantown, WV, and surrounding communities.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - When WV News reports on West Virginia’s economic development efforts, those we interview, whether from this area or elsewhere, often focus on the strength of development in North Central West Virginia.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Todd Syruws, a WVU Medicine Chaplin, joined First at 4 on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Nearly 200 hospitals are the best in the nation for their drug communications, according to CMS' Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data.

CHARLESTON, WV - Aetna Better Health of West Virginia, a CVS Health company, and Community Care of West Virginia have joined efforts to combat the pressing issue of limited access to child and adolescent psychiatry services in the state.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Local health professionals say even though COVID-19 is no longer considered a public health emergency, people should still be aware of symptoms and isolate if they contract the virus.

CHARLESTON, WV - CAMC Health System has been recognized for the fifth year in a row by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers 2023.

HUNTINGTON, WV - The Marshall Health, Marshall University and Mountain Health Network governing boards earlier this month voted unanimously to approve a single name for the newly integrated academic health system — Marshall Health Network, Inc.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center and Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital are proud to announce that they have received a 4-Star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating for 2023 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

MORGANTOWN, WV - Dr. Jaschar Shakuri-Rad came to Mon Health Medical Center’s urology department five years ago to develop a robotic surgery program.

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

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

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital welcomed its fourth and largest class of Project SEARCH interns today (Aug. 28).

CHARLESTON, WV - The 2023 CAMC Foundation Golf Classic was held on Monday, Aug. 14, at Berry Hills and Edgewood Golf Clubs. Special guest speaker was Follansbee, West Virginia, native and College Football Hall of Fame, class of 2008 member, Coach Lou Holtz.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall University’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services is among a number of organizations to receive federal funding in upwards of $102,000 towards expanding substance use disorder treatment.

CHARLESTON, WV - When the 87th annual Meeting and Business Summit of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce convenes next week, business, education, health care, finance, political and community leaders from throughout our state will gather to discuss our recent successes and seek solutions for pressing West Virginia needs.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s state Health Officer Dr. Matthew Christiansen said earlier this week that the state has not yet seen an increase in COVID hospitalizations as a result of the newest strains of the virus.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Have you encountered terms like “Ozempic face,” “Ozempic finger” or even “Wegovy butt?”

HUNTINGTON, WV - Mountain Health Network has officially opened up its new child care centers.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Tanya Fancy, M.D., Jeffson Chung, M.D., and William Stokes, M.D., head and neck surgeons with WVU Medicine Otolaryngology and the WVU Cancer Institute, performed WVU Medicine’s first jaw reconstruction using a bone-containing thigh free flap to treat a patient with an aggressive form of oral cancer.

KEYSER, WV - The Lown Institute, a non-partisan health care advocacy organization, recently named Potomac Valley Hospital (PVH) the most socially responsible hospital in West Virginia in its Lown Hospitals Index for Social Responsibility, according to a recent issue of Becker’s Hospital Review.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Approximately 115 new West Virginia University medical students were trained in lifesaving, bleeding-control skills they will carry with them throughout their upcoming medical careers and education.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s will join the JDRF Community One Walk in Morgantown at 10 a.m. on Sept. 30 at the track and field complex at Mylan Park, aiming to raise more than $75,000 to help fund critically needed type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - WVU Medicine Thomas Health is aiming to improve the overall patient experience with their brand new physical therapy facility in South Charleston.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) will offer free statewide concussion testing as part of the Rockefeller Concussion Network.