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MORGANTOWN, WV - A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, LUCAS will be at:

PARKERSBURG, WV - Children and adults alike flocked to City Park Tuesday to interact with police officers at the sixth annual National Night Out celebration.

CHARLESTON, WV - Sunday marks the first-ever West Virginia Donor Day, highlighting organ donation.

CHARLESTON, WV - Summer is coming to an end and officials at the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) are reminding parents to keep their children up-to-date on vaccinations before going back to school.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Becker's has compiled a list of the best hospitals for staff responsiveness in each state using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data from CMS.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Board of Governors voted on Monday to approve the rule changes governing faculty and classified staff RIFs — reductions in force — and severance package schedules.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital has retained its title of number one hospital in West Virginia and ranked 41st in the nation in Obstetric and Gynecological Care according to the 2023-24 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital rankings.

ELKINS, WV - Beginning August 2, women will have access to specialized care at a Women’s HealthCare outreach clinic in Davis, WV.

MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Wayne, Wirt, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Buckskin Council Boy Scouts of America, in partnership with WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals, has announced an emergency preparedness event Oct. 7 at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean, W.Va.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Eleven students have graduated in the new Certified Medical Assistant training program, an accelerated program through the Washington County Career Center, WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center and WorkForce WV.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - From our mountaintops to our riverbanks, West Virginians share one universal truth: We are at our best when we are UNITED as a community.

WEIRTON, WV - State Treasurer Riley Moore paid a visit to Weirton Medical Center Friday morning, not to receive any healthcare services, but to return funds his office had determined rightfully belonged to the local hospital.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Subaru and its Loves to Care Program has donated blankets and art kits for patients at the WVU Cancer Institute Camden Clark Comprehensive Regional Cancer Center.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - In this edition of the WVU Medicine Health Report, Dr. Jonathan Perle talks about how social media impacts mental health. Watch the video above to learn more.

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

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. News & World Report, Healthgrades, The Leapfrog Group and CMS, among other outlets, have long offered hospital ratings, rankings and grades, which measure organizations based on many factors.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Preliminary findings from clinical trials investigating uproleselan (GM-1271) in combination with standard-of-care (SOC) venetoclax (Venclexta) and azacitidine (Vidaza) or MEC (mitoxantrone, etoposide, and cytarabine) chemotherapy in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) continue to demonstrate the potential for improving responses, leading to minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity in this population, according to Bhavana “Tina” Bhatnagar, DO.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Kidney Care Partners (KCP) today applauded Representatives Carol Miller (R-WV) and Terri Sewell (D-AL) for re-introducing The Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act (H.R. 5027).

WASHINGTON D.C. - The House and Senate left Washington for the month of August with a lengthy, time-sensitive to-do list waiting when they return, including multiple key health care priorities.

WHEELING, WV - Just four years after the devastating OVMC closure, health care along Wheeling’s Eoff St. is being revived.

CHARLESTON, WV - One study is saying patients are waiting less time at Charleston’s Area Medical Center to receive a kidney transplant.

CUMBERLAND, MD - Hospice can provide many services to help caregivers of late-stage dementia patients, said WVU Medicine Hospice Outreach and Education Coordinator Yvette Young-Epling.

BLUEFIELD, WV - Work is underway to secure a multi-million dollar federal grant which could help a medical training facility located in a former community hospital expand its classrooms, laboratories and other facilities.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Hospitals held its annual employee appreciation picnic Thursday at Milan Puskar Stadium, which saw thousands of the institution’s employees gather to eat, play games and be merry.

WHEELING, WV - Grow Ohio Valley and WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital have teamed up in an effort to make local produce more available and convenient for local healthcare workers.

WHEELING, WV - Dr. Ramana Murty, cardiologist and internal medicine physician, has joined the staff of WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital.

GRAFTON, WV - Saturday evening the animals are auctioned, and 12-year-old Ashley Smith for the past 5 years has been donating her money. This year a portion of the proceeds from her hog will be going to WVU Children’s Hospital.

CLARKSBURG, WV - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning about a significant increase in an allergy-inducing tick-borne disease known as alpha-gal syndrome (AGS).

PARKERSBURG, WV - Louis Thomas Subaru partnered with WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center to help cancer patients for the fourth year in a row.