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08/17/2023 - WVNews
BRIDGEPORT, WV - David F. Hess, M.D., president and CEO of WVU Medicine United Hospital Center (UHC), announced Wednesday the appointment of Charles W. Papa as the new vice president of support services at UHC.
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08/17/2023 - The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, WV - Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health awarded the St. Mary’s Center for Education $300,000 for scholarships for future health care providers Wednesday.
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08/17/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Joselyn King
WHEELING, WV - Ohio County Schools and WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital are partnering on a plan to bring a health care clinic to Madison Elementary School.
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08/17/2023 - The Pocahontas Times by: Suzanne Stewart
BUCKEYE, WV - It was a beautiful day last Wednesday when, just a little over a year after the groundbreaking ceremony, Pocahontas Memorial Hospital celebrated the grand opening of the Joe and Peg Greenlee Health Clinic.
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08/17/2023 - WVNS by: Phelicity Robinson
FAIRLEA, WV - After consuming all of the fabulous fair food, it might be a good idea to check your cholesterol afterwards.
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08/17/2023 - My Buckhannon
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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08/17/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Shelley Hanson
GLEN DALE, WV - Marshall County’s first responders conducted a large-scale school safety drill Monday at John Marshall High School.
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08/17/2023 - The Intelligencer
WHEELING, WV - The screenings will now be held at 1-3 p.m. Friday in the fellowship hall at the church at 330 Main St. in North Wheeling.
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08/17/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Cameron Cortigiano
MORGANTOWN, WV - Morgantown-based West Virginia Medicine Orthopedics has received the Own the Bone Stage Performer designation from the American Orthopaedic Association.
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08/17/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Braxton and Marion counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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08/17/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Monroe, Mercer, and Kanawha counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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08/16/2023 - WVNS by: Chris Robertson
OAK HILL, WV - The Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill is now under new management and is starting off with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
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08/16/2023 - Times West Virginian by: Sen. Mike Caputo
MORGANTOWN, WV - When it comes to taking care of each other, West Virginians know how to get the job done.
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08/16/2023 - MetroNews by: Katherine Skeldon
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - Aspiring nurses are now receiving more support to pursue their journey into the medical field as the first cohorts of them were welcomed into a new program through WVU Medicine Tuesday offering just that.
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08/16/2023 - WV Public Broadcasting by: Emily Rice
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - On Aug. 15, nine students from BridgeValley Community and Technical College were accepted into the WVU Medicine Aspiring Nurse Program, which provides each student with up to $25,000 to support their day-to-day expenses as they attend school.
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08/15/2023 - Country Roads Magazine by: Jean Hardiman
SPENCER, WV - Sitting atop one of the green hills of Spencer, West Virginia, with a beautiful view and a bright new mission, is Roane General Hospital wearing its new look.
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08/15/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review
MORGANTOWN, WV - In this episode, we are joined by Albert Wright, President and Chief Executive Officer of the West Virginia University Health System - WVU Medicine.
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08/15/2023 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - Surgeons at WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital have used the healthcare facility’s new, state-of-the-art robotic surgical system to complete nearly 50 procedures in Upshur County, hospital administrators said at a recent open house.
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08/15/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Eric Ayres
WHEELING, WV - Wheeling City Council is expected to initiate action tonight to transfer $2 million to West Virginia University Health System for economic redevelopment of the former Ohio Valley Medical Center site.
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08/15/2023 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Rotary Club of Buckhannon-Upshur will hold a blood drive on Friday, August 18 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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08/15/2023 - The Parkersburg News & Sentinel by: Brett Dunlap
PARKERSBURG, WV - A group of West Virginia University at Parkersburg nursing students have made a commitment to WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center in order to grow and learn as they work to become nurses.
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08/15/2023 - Mon Health
KINGWOOD, WV - Mon Health Obstetrics & Gynecology is pleased to announce the addition of Crystal Nestor, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC to its dedicated team of providers.
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08/15/2023 - The Exponent Telegram
BRIDGEPORT, WV - The newest member of WVU Medicine United Hospital Center’s medical staff is Robert J. Beto II, M.D.
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08/15/2023 - WTOV by: Jesse Cain
OHIO COUNTY, WV - A new WVU school-based health clinic is being implemented at Madison Elementary School on Wheeling Island for the upcoming year.
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08/15/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Emma Delk
WHEELING, WV - Notebooks, pencils, crayons, books and more filled the Bethlehem Apostolic Temple’s bus as community members dropped off their donations at the church’s annual “Stuff the Bus” event.
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08/15/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Ashley Perham
CHARLESTON, WV - When Jaime Simmons learned that her partner would be transferred to Select Specialty Hospital-Charleston earlier this summer, she said it felt like coming back to her alma mater.
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08/14/2023 - MetroNews by: Carrie Hodousek
CHARLESTON, WV - The first in a series of four virtual town hall meetings gets underway this Tuesday regarding West Virginia’s 2024 Substance Use Response Plan.
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08/14/2023 - MetroNews by: Jarrett Lewis
CHARLESTON, WV - State officials provided state lawmakers with the progress that their departments have made in children services so far this year.
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08/14/2023 - The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, WV - St. Mary’s School of Nursing celebrated 24 students during a special pinning ceremony at the school Thursday evening.
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08/14/2023 - MetroNews by: Mike Nolting
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health is upping its telehealth concept.
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