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CHARLESTON, WV - The Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Kidney Transplant Center has been ranked second in the country for the time it takes patients to be transplanted once they’ve been put on the transplant waitlist, according to a recent study by the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR).

PARKERSBURG, WV - Candy Summers-Pyles supported the Wood County Relay for Life for years, but after a breast cancer diagnosis in 2017, her role in and relationship to the American Cancer Society fundraiser changed.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia health-care officials gathered at West Virginia University’s Erickson Alumni Center this month for the WVU Cancer Institute’s Biennial Lung Cancer Conference, where they learned about recent advancements in fighting the disease and ways to increase health equity.

MOUNDSVILLE, WV - Leaders in Moundsville plan to gather residents’ thoughts on possibly pursuing a new tax levy to support a full bus route to the city from Wheeling.

WHEELING, WV - For years, the Ohio Valley Regional Transit Authority essentially ran giant buses in endless circles around the greater Wheeling area.

WASHINGTON D.C. - North Carolina — America's top state for business — also has the best workforce, according to a recent ranking from CNBC.

PRINCETON, WV - A few years ago, I had the opportunity to join the board of a national group called 340B Health.

CHARLESTON, WV - In an exciting development for aspiring nurses in West Virginia, the West Virginia University Medicine Center for Nursing Excellence launched the Aspiring Nurse Program.

CHARLESTON, WV - Thousands of West Virginians are coming off government health insurance programs as states snap back to Medicaid eligibility requirements that were in place before the covid-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Four technological innovations are dramatically reshaping the clinical laboratory and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in ultrasound as the result of an extensive review by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

WASHINGTON D.C. - Healthgrades named the recipients of its 2023 Specialty Excellence Awards.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Teachers are remembered for life-changing impressions and quirky habits.

ELKINS, WV - Davis Health System welcomes Dr. Lauren DeMarco, Psychiatry.

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

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute, which recently hosted its Biennial Lung Cancer Conference.

MARTINSBURG, WV - The Farmers Market at Martinsburg’s Roundhouse celebrated its grand opening on Saturday, inviting local farmers, businesses and artists alike to the historic building with the hope to build a community in the city.

KINGWOOD, WV - Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital – a rural 25-bed critical access hospital – has acquired three new high-end anesthesia gas machines to improve care and outcomes for surgery patients.

CHARLESTON, WV - 988 is the three-digit National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline that went live on July 16, 2022. It replaced the former 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Line (1-800-273-8255).

FAIRMONT, WV - For many West Virginians, food means family.

WASHINGTON D.C. - The United States is in the midst of some of the worst cancer drug shortages in history, affecting thousands of patients across the country who face delayed or cancelled chemotherapy appointments.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - A scheduling conflict has postponed Mon Health CEO David Goldberg’s update to Bridgeport City Council on construction of the Mon Health Harrison Neighborhood Hospital.

POINT PLEASANT, WV - Kathy Cosco, former director of strategic marketing for Mountain Health Network, is back in the news as she was recently named executive director of marketing for Rivers Health (formerly Pleasant Valley Hospital).

MORGANTOWN, WV - Imaging Technology News recently met with Fujifilm’s Bill Lacy and Mark Lloyd, and Chuck Barkey at West Virginia University Medicine to learn more about this new addition to the Synapse Enterprise Imaging portfolio.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Those looking for work flocked to a job fair at Huntington High School Thursday to hand out resumes, put in applications and get information on career and postsecondary education opportunities.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia hospitals contribute $1.02 billion in community benefits and drive $12.5 billion in economic impact, according to the West Virginia Hospital Association’s Community Benefit report.

WASHINGTON D.C. - As she surveys the opioid epidemic in North America, Christine Snozek, PhD, D(ABCC), could be tempted to think that a ripped-from-the-headlines reality has landed in clinical laboratories as well as on TV crime dramas.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.3% in June, according to the latest report from WorkForce West Virginia.

BLUEFIELD, WV - The West Virginia Poison Center has released tip to protect people from the outdoor poisons that man will see in the summer.

RONCEVERTE, WV - A new vice president and administrator of CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center has been selected.