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ELIZABETH, WV - After playing a few rounds of bingo on a Thursday summer morning, Jackie Davis stayed around her table at the Wirt County Committee on Aging & Family Services’ senior center and socialized with some friends.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Maeghan Neal has been promoted to Executive Director of Budget, Integration and Medical School Liaison at Marshall Health Network (MHN).

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health hosted an international team from Japan on Wednesday in order to explain a new, innovative procedure offered at its hospital that works to lower blood pressure.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Mehdi Farishta as an expert in pulmonary and sleep services.

MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health (BMH) is proud to announce its inclusion in Becker’s list of the top 350 cleanest hospitals in the United States.

BECKLEY, WV - ARH President and CEO Hollie Harris and ARH Vice President of External Affairs Rocky Massey recognized retired Beckley ARH employee John Ellison Tuesday during a luncheon in the hospital gymnasium.

GLEN DALE, WV - Marshall County Chamber of Commerce members learned the state of Marshall County is trending positively as long-term development projects in the area come to fruition.

BECKLEY, WV - Two West Virginia University nursing students were honored on the Beckley campus at a special signing ceremony on Thursday, September 12, 2024.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Medicine Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine is shining a light on the more than 250,000 Americans who are affected by pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive, irreversible scarring of the lungs for which there is no cure.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced five funding awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for substance use treatment and prevention, as well as programs that aim to help children with family members dealing with substance use disorder.

WELCH, WV - Gov. Jim Justice said today the Welch Community Hospital Operating Room will not close under his watch.

CHARLESTON, WV - This November, adoption of a ballot initiative formally prohibiting medically assisted suicide will be decided by voters.

HUNTINGTON, WV - A research team with Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall Health Network are testing a non-opioid medication in hopes of helping newborns who are suffering from neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS).

PARKERSBURG, WV - A desire to help others has driven Michael Leggett to continue his education so he can do as much as he can when responding to an emergency as part of the Camden Clark Ambulance Service.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Becker's has compiled a list of the best hospitals for staff responsiveness in each state using data from CMS.

ELKINS, WV - Davis Health System and Citizens Bank of West Virginia celebrated their joint sponsorship of the new athletic field scoreboard at Elkins High School with a special coin toss at the home opening football game on Sept. 6, bringing together students, families and community members to kick off the season.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new report from the American Hospital Association using data analyzed by Vizient finds that hospital performance on key patient safety and quality measures is better in the first quarter of 2024 than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, and that hospitals made these improvements while caring for patients with more significant health care needs.

CHARLESTON, WV - Kanawha County health officials are preparing to host the “Concussion Discussion” breakfast Thursday morning in an effort to help the public better recognize brain injuries.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia University scientists are building on their research to alter the immune system by inhibiting a certain enzyme responsible for the progression of pancreatic cancer, one of the most challenging cancers to manage.

Leroy, WV - Roane Jackson Technical Center’s mission is to improve students’ skills while preparing them for "post-secondary education and employment in the global community."

PARKERSBURG, WV - It’s been more than eight months since the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources split into three distinct departments, with the new departments learning how to share central services.

CHARLESTON, WV - “There’s definitely something going around,” has to be the most overheard statement among West Virginians gathered in decent numbers anywhere recently.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is intended to alleviate hunger and malnutrition among low-income households.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Graduating Summa Cum Laude from Fairmont State with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Kelly Humphreys, MD went on to earn her Doctor of Medicine from West Virginia University School of Medicine.

MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health is proud to announce that its hospital has again received a five-star rating for patient experience from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Cancer Center is proud to announce a special series designed to inspire and support cancer care patients and their loved ones.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been identified as a Carotid Care Quality Champion by the Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® (SVS VQI) clinical registry recognition program.

CHARLESTON, WV - The topic of Guardian Caps continues to be a main talking point in West Virginia after eight grader Cohen Craddock, a football player at Madison Middle School, died from a head injury he suffered at practice.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Due to an extreme heat advisory earlier this summer, the United Way of Tygart Valley’s 2024 Day of Action was rescheduled to Friday, Sept. 6.

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