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A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
08/22/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Human Resources’ Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) and the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration (WVABCA) are partnering to help students succeed this back-to-school season with prevention programming and messages about alcohol and substance use.
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08/22/2023 - WTRF by: Rachel Pellegrino
HARDY COUNTY, WV - West Virginia has reported its first case of West Nile Virus for 2023, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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08/22/2023 - The Hill by: Joseph Choi
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday approved the first vaccine meant to prevent infections in infants, with the new drug designed to be administered to pregnant mothers in their third trimester so their newborn infants can have protection from the moment they’re born.
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08/22/2023 - KFF Health News by: Darius Tahir
WASHINGTON D.C. - Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin is an effective treatment for covid.
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08/22/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Eric Ayres
WHEELING, WV - The lawsuit filed by Raze International over the awarding of the demolition contract for the former Ohio Valley Medical Center’s buildings was dismissed Monday.
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08/22/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Nick Thomas
MADISON, WV - Madison, W.Va.-based Boone Memorial Health is set to acquire Family Life Pharmacy assets and a pharmacy building.
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08/22/2023 - AGDaily by: Heidi Crnkovic
WOOD COUNTY, WV - “Forty-four surgeries,” Brantly Poling casually counted off. It’s the reality of living with spina bifida, a central nervous system birth defect.
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08/22/2023 - Mountain Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - Mountain Health Network has named Joshua Sova, RN, director of hospitalist service and Gary Cremeans, MD, director of urgent care.
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08/22/2023 - Mon Health
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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08/21/2023 - WOWK by: Nicky Walters
CHARLESTON, WV - Schools across the country are struggling to provide students with the mental health support they need.
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08/21/2023 - WVNews by: Noah Jeffries
CLARKSBURG, WV - Flu season will be here sooner than you think.
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08/21/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine is in the process of expanding its Clinical Advancement for Professional Excellence (CAPE) Program for bedside nurses.
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08/21/2023 - The Dominion Post by: David Beard
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine was pleased to learn that, according to recently released federal data, WVU Hospitals ranked best in the nation for postoperative sepsis rates – meaning it had the fewest cases.
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08/21/2023 - My Buckhannon
WESTON, WV - Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital has recently donated nearly 1,000 pounds of food for animals at the Lewis-Upshur Animal Control Facility during a fundraiser in July.
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08/21/2023 - The Herald-Dispatch
LEWISBURG, WV - For Jimmy Adams, D.O., there is no “typical day” in the life of a West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine regional assistant dean.
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08/21/2023 - ONS VOICE
MORGANTOWN, WV - Join ONS member Ashley Barill, BSN, OCN®, nurse supervisor at WVU Medicine in Morgantown, WV, as she discusses how she and her team practice mock code simulations in an outpatient infusion center.
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08/18/2023 - The Dominion Post by: David Beard
MORGANTOWN, WV - Fairmont Republican Jonathan Board announced this week that he is seeking the GOP nomination for the 13th District state Senate seat now held by Sen. Mike Caputo, D-Marion.
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08/18/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Nick Thomas
MORGANTOWN, WV - Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System, the state's largest employer, has reported first-half operating income of $89.2 million on revenues of $2.9 billion.
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08/18/2023 - WBOY by: Gwyn Napier
MORGANTOWN, WV - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and his family gathered Thursday at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital, for the unveiling of his locker.
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08/18/2023 - The Dominion Post by: David Beard
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center and Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital both received a 4-Star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating for 2023 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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08/18/2023 - The Herald-Dispatch by: Destiney Dingess
BARBOURSVILLE, WV - Tri-State Food Systems presented a local nonprofit with $10,000 at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Barboursville on Thursday.
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08/18/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review
MORGANTOWN, WV - This episode features Dorian Williams, Assistant Vice President of Operations at West Virginia University.
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08/18/2023 - The Intelligencer
WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine announced Thursday that it will partner for the next two years with the Wheeling Area Soccer Association as the association’s premier sponsor.
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08/18/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute will host the fifth annual Great Lakes Breast Cancer Research Symposium on Sept. 10-12 at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown.
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08/18/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine is in the process of expanding its Clinical Advancement for Professional Excellence (CAPE) Program for bedside nurses.
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08/18/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
CLARKSBURG, WV - Local communities in North Central West Virginia and around the world will come together on Thursday, Aug. 31, to remember those who have died or suffered permanent injury due to drug overdose.
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08/17/2023 - West Virginia Watch by: Lori Kersey
CHARLESTON, WV - As Medicaid and the Children Health Insurance Program return this year to pre-pandemic era rules, the high number of West Virginians removed because of procedural issues — like not returning a renewal form — has raised concerns with the federal government that eligible people are losing coverage.
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08/17/2023 - WV Public Broadcasting by: Randy Yohe
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia University Chief Health Officer Dr. Clay Marsh said that the variant EG.5 is now the most common form of COVID-19 in the nation and on the upswing in West Virginia.
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08/17/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Dr. James Felsen
CHARLESTON, WV - My brother, in his early 70s, has sweetened his quality of life thanks to modern medicine.
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08/17/2023 - WVVA by: Charlie Booth
BECKLEY, WV - A new regional CEO has been named to oversee the Appalachian Regional Hospital (ARH) healthcare system’s West Virginia and Big Sandy regions.
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