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08/28/2023 - Connect Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT, WV - Brandon Shiflett, M.D., is the newest member of the United Hospital Center Staff.
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08/28/2023 - The Journal by: Ainsley Hall
RANSON, WV - Jefferson County Schools, WVU Medicine, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College and the Education Alliance celebrated the beginning of their new MedEd program Wednesday evening.
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08/28/2023 - WTRF by: Amber Baker
OHIO COUNTY, WV - The Ohio County Sheriff’s Association is holding a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness now through September 15.
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08/25/2023 - WV Public Broadcasting
CHARLESTON, WV - Nursing is a critical hospital workforce that saw shortages prior to 2020, according to the West Virginia Hospital Association’s workforce report. It also tends to receive the most attention as the largest workforce in the hospital.
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08/25/2023 - MetroNews by: Katherine Skeldon
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - A ribbon was officially cut on WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals new physical therapy and rehabilitation center.
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08/25/2023 - West Virginia Press Association
MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Hospital, Inc. (dba Boone Memorial Health), Coal River Pharmacy, LLC (dba Family Life Pharmacy), and WAS, LLC have announced that they have entered into an asset purchase agreement, under which Boone Memorial Health will acquire substantially all Family Life Pharmacy’s assets and the pharmacy building in Comfort, West Virginia.
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08/25/2023 - The Hill by: Joseph Choi
WASHINGTON, DC - Federal health authorities are laying out plans for taking on this year’s respiratory viral season, with officials emboldened by the new spate of preventive medications the U.S. has gathered heading into the fall and winter.
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08/25/2023 - The Inner-Mountain
MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Cancer Center has earned reaccreditation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
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08/25/2023 - The Herald-Dispatch by: Paul Smith
HUNTINGTON, WV - There was excitement about the upcoming Marshall University football season Thursday afternoon as six special pediatric patients found out in which Herd home games they would serve as “Junior Captains.”
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08/25/2023 - The Inner-Mountain
MORGANTOWN, WV - When Luella Cvechko started experiencing chest pain in the middle of the night, she started the long journey of finding a facility that would help her identify the root of her issue.
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08/24/2023 - WVNews by: Jess Mancini
PARKERSBURG, WV - COVID-related hospitalizations have increased across the country, but not yet in West Virginia, state officials said Wednesday.
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08/24/2023 - MetroNews by: Katherine Skeldon
CHARLESTON, WV - A partnership between two West Virginia health initiatives are now bringing their resources together to combat the limited access of child and adolescent psychiatry services in the state.
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08/24/2023 - Times West Virginian by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely
CHARLESTON, WV - A lack of child and adolescent psychiatrists in West Virginia has led to “alarmingly high wait times for mental health assessments and subsequent treatments,” according to state health leaders.
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08/24/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Kelly Gooch
WASHINGTON D.C. - Forbes released its fifth annual list of America's Best Employers By State on Aug. 22.
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08/24/2023 - MetroNews by: Jarrett Lewis
CHARLESTON, WV - State officials are rolling out a new campaign to encourage students to stop vaping.
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08/24/2023 - WVNews
FAIRMONT, WV - High school football rivalries in Marion County will take on a new meaning as WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center will support local high schools by recognizing the tireless efforts of health-care workers and first responders at three upcoming football matchups.
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08/24/2023 - Wetzel Chronicle
NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV - Wetzel County Hospital released the following statement: A heartfelt thank you goes out to MPLX/Marathon Petroleum for their generous $10,000 grant.
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08/24/2023 - The Inter-Mountain
MORGANTOWN, WV - When Luella Cvechko started experiencing chest pain in the middle of the night, she started the long journey of finding a facility that would help her identify the root of her issue.
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08/24/2023 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary is proud to host its second ZERO Prostate Cancer Run/Walk to support prostate cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and families.
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08/24/2023 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital held an open house and demonstration of the da Vinci Robotic XI Surgical System on Aug. 8.
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08/24/2023 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital held the West Virginia Junior Nursing Academy this summer.
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08/24/2023 - WBOY
MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia University men’s basketball team will host a charity exhibition game against George Mason inside the WVU Coliseum on Friday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. Proceeds will benefit WVU Medicine Children’s.
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08/23/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Clay, Upshur, and Berkeley counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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08/23/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Randolph, Tucker, and Barbour counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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08/23/2023 - WVNews
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.
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08/23/2023 - The Inner-Mountain
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is excited to announce that the St. Joseph’s Wound Care Clinic now offers Lymphedema Treatment with our Occupational Therapist, Lindsay Zirkle, MOTR/L, CLT.
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08/23/2023 - The Inner-Mountain
MORGANTOWN, WV - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., visited WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital for the unveiling of his locker located in the Hostetler Family Resource Center.
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08/23/2023 - The Hill by: Nathaniel Weixel
WASHINGTON, DC - Two major generic drug companies Monday settled charges of criminal price fixing with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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08/23/2023 - The Hill by: Joseph Choi
WASHINGTON, DC - The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it is awarding $1.4 billion in grants through its coronavirus initiative to fund the development of “a new generation of tools and technologies to protect against COVID-19 for years to come.”
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08/23/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Roger Adkins
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice signed three bills into law Tuesday aimed at bolstering West Virginia’s fire departments and emergency medical service providers.
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