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WHEELING, WV - It’s almost that time of year when a big race brings thousands of people to downtown Wheeling.

BUCKHANNON, WV - Buckhannon Mayor Robbie Skinner called on residents to speak out against the possible abolishment of the state’s “Certificate of Need” (CON) program, which Skinner says could have dire effects on healthcare providers like St. Joseph’s Hospital.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Privacy and Security team has been alerted that local community members have received phone calls appearing to come from Mon Health’s main number – 304-598-1200 – asking for Medicare and personal health information.

CHARLESTON, WV - Call it a comeback for West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in his first State of the State address.

CHARLESTON, WV - Nursing students and medical employees are coming together and learning about what to do in an active shooter situation within a real hospital setting.

CHARLESTON, WV - Conventional wisdom suggests that a budget is a moral document, a reflection of what and who we value.

KEYSER, WV - WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital (PVH) will be offering a new trainee extern program for patient care technicians this summer.

CHARLESTON, WV - Today begins the state’s 60-day regular legislative session, somehow simultaneously the longest and shortest 60 days of the year.

CHARLESTON, WV - There has been a lot of talk in West Virginia lately about the Certificate of Need (CON) law, and how it might affect rural hospitals if it were to be repealed during the upcoming legislative session.

CHARLESTON, WV - Another legislative session is ready to launch.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Albert L. Wright Jr., president and CEO of the West Virginia University Health System, and John Frankovich, WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center (WMC) president emeritus and strategic advisor, discuss WMC's official welcome into the WVU Medicine family.

CHARLESTON, WV - Lawmakers have identified healthcare as a major point of discussion this legislative session.

BUCKHANNON - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is proud to announce the addition of two cutting-edge imaging services: PET/CT and Prostate MRI.

CHARLESTON, WV - Lawmakers received a preview Tuesday of the fight coming to the 2025 legislative session beginning Wednesday over whether to keep, reform or repeal West Virginia’s certificate of need program for health care facilities.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Starting March 1, 2025, St. Mary’s Medical Center, HIMG, and Scott Orthopedic will transition to a new electronic health record (EHR) system.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, OH - Illness rates have continued to skyrocket around the United States, and the Ohio Valley is certainly no different.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Research scientists and biopharmaceutical companies con­tinue to push the boundaries of medicine, developing treatments that offer new hope to patients with various complex conditions.

MORGANTOWN, WV - he WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance, Donate Life West Virginia, and the Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) are encouraging those who are not currently registered as organ donors to share the love and register as part of National Donor Day on Feb. 14.

CHARLESTON, WV - National Wear Red Day is part of American Heart Month, and Charleston Area Medical Center is showing its support for both through education and awareness.

CHARLESTON, WV - Growing up, my mom had a signature response to my sister and me whenever we begged to do something just because “everyone else is doing it.”

CHARLESTON, WV - Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and a GOP-controlled Congress set on reducing spending on the public health insurance program for low-income people.

WESTON, WV - Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital (SJMH), together with the Gilmer County Health Department, Lewis County Health Departments, and the Family Resource Network, are encouraging community members to participate in the 2025 Community Healthcare Needs Assessments (CHNA).

CHARLESTON, WV - Seasonal flu is on the rise throughout the country, but current cases in West Virginia remain "low," according to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

PARKERSBURG, WV - The month of February is Heart Health Awareness Month.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Seasonal flu activity is on the rise, and statistics from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) show type “A” and “B” influenza strains are the most reported by health professionals.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital (PCH) has earned accreditation for nursing continuing professional development from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals cut the ribbon for its new cancer institute Friday.

BECKLEY, WV - The ARH Foundation for Healthier Communities is proud to announce donations of $2,500 each to 16 local charities across its service regions.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine is playing a lead role in a national clinical study of a minimally invasive surgical procedure for people who’ve lost weight through drugs like Mounjaro and fear regaining the weight when they go off the drugs.

PRINECTON, WV - The West Virginia Health Care Authority has announced that it has received a Letter of Intent from Princeton Community Hospital regarding the development of a new ambulatory health care facility in Raleigh County, WV.