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A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
08/21/2024 - WDTV
BRIDGEPORT, WV - United Hospital Center in Bridgeport has received multiple awards and accolades recently.
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08/21/2024 - Mon Health
WHITE HALL, WV - Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital is proud to honor Jessica Semplice, RN, as The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses recipient.
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08/21/2024 - The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, WV - The 2024 Junior Captains for the Marshall University football team were announced at Cabell Huntington Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
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08/21/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center recently achieved reaccreditation from the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (COEMIG).
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08/21/2024 - WDTV
KINGWOOD, WV - Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital is hosting a back-to-school food drive to benefit students in need.
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08/21/2024 - WTAP
PARKERSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark Pediatrician, Dr. Shelley Martin, shares tips to help parents ease the transition back to the classroom for their kids.
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08/21/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute announced that it has received its fourth consecutive accreditation designation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
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08/21/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s and WVRC Media are once again partnering for the Cares for Kids Radiothon to benefit patients and families in need.
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08/21/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Greenbrier and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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08/19/2024 - WVNews by: Charles Young
CHARLESTON, WV - For the past several months, Gov. Jim Justice has been discussing the possibility of calling the West Virginia Legislature into a special session to have lawmakers take up his proposal for an additional personal income tax cut.
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08/19/2024 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by: Ava Dzurenda
MORGANTOWN, WV - When a medical emergency strikes after dark, heading to the emergency room is often the immediate response.
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08/19/2024 - WOWK by: Jordan Mead
CHARLESTON, WV - First responders are equipped to respond to any kind of emergency, but oftentimes, the quantity of 911 calls they respond to and the difficult nature of being there for people in their worst moments can make the job emotionally difficult.
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08/19/2024 - The Associated Press by: Kenya Hunter
TN - Haywood Park Community Hospital was the closest hospital for many in Brownsville, Tennessee, a rural city in the eastern part of the state.
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08/19/2024 - The Parkersburg News & Sentinel
PARKERSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark has named Vincent McClosky its new vice president of ambulatory operations.
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08/19/2024 - Marshall Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - Adam M. Franks, M.D., has been named vice dean for rural health and chair of the department of family and community health at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, announced David Gozal, M.D., M.B.A., Ph.D. (Hon), Marshall University vice president for health affairs and dean of the medical school.
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08/19/2024 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - Ali R. Rezai, M.D., executive chair of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI), and Ann Murray, M.D., division chief of Movement Disorders at the RNI, co-authored a recently published article in JAMA Neurology.
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08/19/2024 - The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is offering the following community events and screenings for the end of August.
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08/19/2024 - Marshall Health
HUNTINGTON, WV - Intermed Labs (IL), in collaboration with Marshall Health Network (MHN), has launched Kneedle LLC, a company featuring an innovative medical device designed to significantly enhance the detection of infections in joint replacement surgeries.
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08/19/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Keep your eyes out for all the ways Mon Health will be supporting the 2024 Monongalia County Fair and parade throughout the week of August 19-24.
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08/19/2024 - Mon Health
KINGWOOD, WV - Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital is gearing up for the back-to-school season by visiting local schools and participating in back-to-school events.
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08/19/2024 - Mon Health
WHITE HALL, WV - Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital recently received a Jared Box donation from the Fairmont Rotary Club for pediatric patients.
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08/19/2024 - WVNews by: John Mark Shaver
MORGANTOWN, WV - Friday afternoon, WVU Hospitals welcomed more than 50 new students to its Aspiring Nurse program, an ongoing initiative that offers financial aid to nursing students.
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08/19/2024 - WBOY by: Same Gorski
MORGANTOWN, WV - For the second year in a row, a Morgantown fundraiser for type one diabetes research broke a new donation record on Saturday during its event at the Mylan Park Aquatic Center.
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08/19/2024 - The Exponent Telegram
BRIDGEPORT, WV - United Hospital Center (UHC) recently received recertification of its Cardiac Rehabilitation program by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).
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08/19/2024 - WTAP by: Chase Campbell
PARKERSBURG, WV - A friendly competition between the Parkersburg and Marietta Fire Departments aims to raise money for breast cancer awareness and prevention.
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08/19/2024 - The Register-Herald
PRINCETON, WV - Rain failed Friday to keep families and their children away from opportunities to get free backpack with school supplies, meet police K-9s and have a good time as the days of summer vacation dwindle away.
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08/19/2024 - WBOY by: Alexandra Weaver
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine’s new Center for Nursing Education (CNE) will soon begin accepting online applications from those who want to join its fall 2025 cohort.
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08/19/2024 - WTOV by: Claire O'Neil
TRIADELPHIA, WV - A "Touch a Truck" event took place at Quaker Steak & Lube at The Highlands to support one young boy's road to recovery.
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08/16/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Biden administration said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with pharmaceutical companies to lower prices on the 10 costliest and most frequently dispensed prescription drugs under Medicare.
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08/16/2024 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Gary Zuckett
CHARLESTON, WV - After decades of watching drug corporations relentlessly raise prices on everything from insulin to cancer drugs, President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress took bold action two years ago this month to stop prescription drug price-gouging in Medicare, the nation’s largest purchaser of prescription medicines.
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