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MORGANTOWN, WV - More than a thousand individual donors attended WVU Medicine Children’s fundraising gala Saturday evening to raise money for a project that would complete the 10th floor of the children’s hospital.

CHARLESTON, WV - The certificate of need program continues to be a major topic of discussion in West Virginia as legislators consider the program’s future in the state.

MORGANTOWN, WV - In the ever-evolving quest to improve treatment for stroke victims, WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently performed the first in-human procedure using a new technology to treat strokes caused by blood clots.

CHARLESTON, WV - For people across the state who said they need help with water, food, drug addiction and more, Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s proposed budget won’t bring any new money to the table to fix those issues.

RANSON, WV - Nicole Dollison has been appointed president and CEO of WVU Medicine Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, W.Va., effective March 10.

CHARLESTON, WV - A proposed bill in the West Virginia House of Delegates would abolish the state’s PEIA insurance program for police officers, firefighters, teachers and other state employees in favor of healthcare contracts.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network - Edwards Cancer Institute (ECI) has been selected by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to participate in the groundbreaking Cancer Moonshot Biobank Study to advance cancer research and treatment.

CHARLESTON, WV - On the eve of the vote in the West Virginia Senate scheduled today on whether to grant broad religious and philosophical exemptions for the state’s school-age mandatory immunization program, two Republican state senators from the same district – both Catholics – are on opposite sides of the issue.

HUNTINGTON, WV - February is Heart Health Month, a time to focus on one of the most vital organ in your body.

CHARLESTON, WV - A group of Republican lawmakers want to remove the rape and incest exception in West Virginia’s near total abortion ban.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Twenty-seven-year-old Daniela powers a native of West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - Early in the 2025 West Virginia Legislative Session, Senate Bill 453 was introduced, proposing the repeal of Certificate of Need (CON) which mandates that healthcare providers get government permission before they build, expand, or offer new service.

MARTINSBURG, WV - Dr. Alexandra Zubowicz, a surgeon at the newly opened WVU Medicine Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center in Martinsburg, was the guest speaker at Thursday morning’s Rise and Shine Breakfast hosted by the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce.

CHARLESTON, WV - As we trudge through the depths of another cold, snowy winter in the Charleston area, we hear coughs and sneezes all around us.

CHARLESTON, WV - A pair of bills introduced to the West Virginia Senate would make opioid treatment programs and syringe exchange services programs illegal in the state.

CHARLESTON, WV - A bill has been introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates that would abolish the Public Employees Insurance Agency, an agency that provides health insurance for state employees.

CHARLESTON, WV - One West Virginia senator has withdrawn a bill that would have removed rape and incest exceptions in the state’s abortion laws, after his family allegedly received threats.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Camden Clark Medical Center is implementing visitor restriction guidelines. They say this is due to an increase in patients testing positive for Influenza.

CHARLESTON, WV - A bill providing religious and philosophical exemptions to West Virginia’s school vaccination requirements is likely to be considered for a key vote this Friday, the Senate Health chairwoman said.

DAVIS, WV - Vandalia Health’s Davis Medical Center and Broaddus Hospital are proud to support American Heart Month by offering a discounted comprehensive lab panel throughout February — helping community members take a proactive step in monitoring their heart health at an affordable price.

CHARLESTON, WV - Seventy-one years ago this month, Dr. Jonas Salk, a virologist at the University of Pittsburgh, administered the first polio vaccine to children at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Starting this spring, the City of Bridgeport and WVU Medicine United Hospital Center (UHC) will bring the Bridgeport Farmers & Wellness Market to the UHC Campus, in a partnership to showcase UHC’s wellness initiative and local vendors.

CHARLESTON, WV - On this episode of The Legislature Today, Health Reporter Emily Rice speaks with Jim Kauffman, president and CEO of the West Virginia Hospital Association, and Jessica Dobrinsky, chief of staff and certificate of need policy expert at the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy, about changes lawmakers are proposing to state code this session.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH - February is Heart Month. The cardiac rehab director at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital says it’s odd that the leading cause of death in the United States is given the shortest month!

CHARLESTON, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Mingo, Boone, Kanawha, and Monroe counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital (PCH) has been recognized as an Always Ready for Kids (ARK) facility by West Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Emergency Medical Services.

CHARLESTON, WV - For more than 30 years, I have watched our health care system become increasingly more politicized.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Nurse Leader Professional Development and Progression Course is Phase 2 of the Nurse Leader Professional Development Pathway.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia senators are moving to further restrict treatment options for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF International) announced that CAMC has been accredited for a period of three years for its inpatient medical rehabilitation program.