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A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
09/05/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginians say access to childcare is a significant challenge for the state.
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09/05/2024 - MetroNews by: Katherin Skeldon
CHARLESTON, WV - September is the month dedicated to helping prepare and educate people on what to do in the event a disaster strikes.
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09/05/2024 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Katelyn Aluise
HUNTINGTON, WV - Positive COVID-19 cases in West Virginia have increased this past month due to what health officials are calling the “summer wave,” said Mikaela Earl, Cabell Huntington Health Department’s director of epidemiology.
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09/05/2024 - Marshall Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - The interventional cardiology team at St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), a member of Marshall Health Network, is pleased to announce the recent adoption of the Coroventis CoroFlow Cardiovascular System.
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09/05/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - September is National Suicide Prevention Month and Sept. 8 is recognized as 988 Day to raise awareness about the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
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09/05/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Preston Primary Care – Fellowsville celebrated its 20th anniversary on Wednesday, August 21
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09/05/2024 - WVVA by: Tim Cha
PRINCETON, WV - At the WVU Medicine-Princeton Community Hospital parking lot, an extraordinary event took place on Wednesday, September 4.
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09/05/2024 - The Exponent Telegram
BRIDGEPORT, WV - United Transitional Care Center, a department of WVU Medicine United Hospital Center, has once again earned a five-star overall quality classification among nursing home providers, continuing UTCC’s consecutive Five Star Quality Rating since 2018 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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09/05/2024 - WTAP by: Andrew Noll
ST. MARYS, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is slated to open a Rapid Care and Specialty Care Clinic with diagnostic services in St. Marys.
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09/05/2024 - The Jackson Star & Herald by: Suzette Lowe
RIPLEY, WV - When someone is in the hospital, a kind word, a listening ear or a prayer being lifted can often bring tremendous comfort.
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09/05/2024 - The Journal
MARTINSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center are offering a program in Shepherdstown for those dealing with chronic pain.
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09/05/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - At a time when usage of smartwatches and rings has become more common, a West Virginia University human performance researcher points out heart rate variability — the time between heartbeats — the devices report is different from what would be recorded in a clinical setting.
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09/05/2024 - The Shinnston News
A Tradition of Service and an Eye to the Future: United Hospital Center Is the Business of the Month
BRIDGEPORT, WV - Almost a half century ago, Union Protestant Hospital and St. Mary’s merged to form United Hospital Center.
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09/04/2024 - WVNews
CHARLESTON, WV - This November, West Virginia voters will decide on a highly debated amendment aimed at formally prohibiting physician-assisted suicide in the state.
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09/04/2024 - WV Press Association
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA-West Virginia) announced that West Virginia University Medicine will be host sponsor for the ATPA-West Virginia’s 2024 conference Sept. 7-8 at The Embassy Suites in Charleston.
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09/04/2024 - WBOY by: Jordan Massey
MORGANTOWN, WV - Engineer, Netflix series host, author and future astronaut Emily Calandrelli made a stop in her hometown of Morgantown on Tuesday to read to patients at WVU Medicine Children’s.
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09/04/2024 - The Register-Herald
PRINCETON, WV - The Vandalia Health Network has scheduled two pop-up FARMacies in Princeton and Beckley next week.
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09/04/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Danielle Martin, owner of local sewing business Icelandic Ponies, recently made a donation of 20 handmade mastectomy pillows to the Mon Health Cancer Center in Morgantown.
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09/04/2024 - Marshall Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - The interventional cardiology team at St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), a member of Marshall Health Network, is pleased to announce the recent adoption of the Coroventis CoroFlow Cardiovascular System.
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09/04/2024 - The Dominion Post
MORGANTOWN, WV - At a time when usage of smartwatches and rings has become more common, a West Virginia University human performance researcher points out heart rate variability — the time between heartbeats — the devices report is different from what would be recorded in a clinical setting.
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09/04/2024 - WBOY by: Nick Farrell
MORGANTOWN, WV - Each week throughout football season, Mountaineer GameDay will present a new interview hosted by a Kid Correspondent from WVU Medicine Children’s.
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09/04/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Pocahontas County offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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09/04/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Nicholas, Harrison, and Marion counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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09/03/2024 - The Dominion Post by: David Beard
MORGANTOWN, WV - David Goldberg, president and CEO of Mon Health System and Davis Health System, is proud to be at a community hospital and proud of the staff — medical and otherwise — that surrounds him.
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09/03/2024 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Sierra Marling
CHARLESTON, WV - Jeremiah Samples didn’t mince words.
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09/03/2024 - The Inter-Mountain
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s substance abuse epidemic (and, according to some public health officials, lawmakers’ response to it) has led to an increase in the number of HIV cases here as well.
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09/03/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Lori Kersey
CHARLESTON, WV - As updated COVID-19 vaccines become available in pharmacies and clinics around the country, local health officials in West Virginia say they’re waiting for word from the state and federal governments about whether they’ll have help providing doses for uninsured and underinsured residents.
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09/03/2024 - The Exponent Telegram by: Charles Young
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV - Officials from WVU Medicine requested help from the state’s business community on Thursday as the heath care network sets out to achieve a prestigious designation.
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09/03/2024 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Heart and Vascular Institute physicians are the first in the state and region to perform ablation of atrial fibrillation guided by a new technology, Volta’s AF-Xplorer, which promises to personalize the ablation approach.
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09/03/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Mehdi Farishta as an expert in pulmonary and sleep services.
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