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NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Wetzel, Harrison, and Preston counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Thousands of WVU Hospitals employees flocked to the Milan Puskar Stadium concourse Wednesday night and Thursday morning and afternoon for the WVUH annual employee appreciation picnic.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Albert Wright Jr., PharmD, president and CEO of West Virginia University Health System in Morgantown, has set out on a path to reduce the cost of administrative burdens.

CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice said Wednesday it is premature to consider calling lawmakers back to Charleston for a special legislative session, but he acknowledged that funding issues within some state agencies need to be addressed now.

WASHINGTON D.C. - CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2023, awarding 483 U.S. hospitals with a rating of five stars as of July 26.

WASHINGTON D.C. - A total of 180 hospitals in the South were honored with Healthgrades' Patient Safety Excellence award in 2023.

MORGANTOWN, WV - When Mylan Pharmaceuticals merged with Pfizer’s Upjohn division to form Viatris in 2021, West Virginia lost one of its largest life sciences companies.

GLEN JEAN, WV - If you were to take a walk across the Jamboree, you would find many different tents from businesses and organizations set up- with one of them being from West Virginia University’s own Children’s Hospital.

BOONE COUNTY, WV - A local health facility is in the running for being one of the most beautiful in the country.

FAIRLEA, WV - July 26 is National Disability Independence Day, which commemorates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.

HUNTINGTON, WV - The West Virginia Hot Dog Festival promises a bigger and better event this year as it looks to raise money for the Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.

BUCKHANNON, WV - St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Rotary Club of Buckhannon-Upshur will hold a blood screening on Saturday, July 29 at the hospital.

HUNTINGTON, WV - A new documentary called “Possibilities” about Helen Keller premieres this fall.

MARTINSBURG, WV - The WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg received a quality achievement award for its work to ensure stroke patients receive the most up-to-date, research-based treatment for stroke patients.

WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital has officially chosen a contractor to begin demolition of the former Ohio Valley Medical Center facility, making way for a new regional cancer center.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) has launched the BBH Clearinghouse, an online database of evidence-based practices to help individuals, families, providers, schools, communities and other partners make informed decisions about selecting effective prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery services.

WASHINGTON D.C. - In 2011, Rachel Bourne was an architect with a new MBA who wanted the freedom to explore various career paths while moving up the proverbial ladder.

HUNTINGTON, WV - A new grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) will support the planning and development of a three-year rural internal medicine residency program at Holzer Health System in Gallipolis, Ohio, in collaboration with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.

RONCEVERTE, WV - Rebecca Harless has been selected to be the Vice President/Administrator of CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Ann Murray, M.D., has been named Movement Disorders division chief in the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) Department of Neurology at West Virginia University.

PRINCETON, WV - Princeton Community Hospital staff welcomed home a local hero Tuesday evening, all decked out in green in support of a successful liver transplant.

MORGANTOWN, WV - On July 14, Mon Health System participated in a mass casualty training exercise directed by the U.S. Army along with Morgantown Fire and Police, WV Department of Homeland Security, emergency management services, and medical and chemical companies.

WESTON, WV - Dr. Robert Snuffer, Emergency Room and Trauma director at Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital and medical director for the Gilmer/Lewis/Upshur counties emergency medical squads, has donated trauma response kits to local organizations that could save more than 200 people.

WEIRTON, WV - Weirton Medical Center held its annual auxiliary awards dinner July 18 in the hospital’s conference room.

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital will hold an open house and demonstration of the da Vinci Robotic XI Surgical System on Tuesday, August 8th, at 6 p.m.

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

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

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health is preparing to construct a second small-format hospital similar to the one in Marion County in the Bridgeport-based Charles Pointe development and a full-service facility in Lewis County.

CHARLESTON, WV - During this year’s legislative session, the West Virginia Legislature passed House Bill 3302, “To recognize unborn child as a distinct victim in a DUI causing death.”

CHARLESTON, WV - United States Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced $2.3 million for healthcare systems in West Virginia, including $600,000 for the southern region.