NewsScan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Concern is growing among Democrats after President Donald Trump reversed some of the former president’s executive orders, including efforts to reduce prescription drug costs for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

MORGANTOWN, WV - In the basketball mania that is gripping the area like the cold that lays over us now, despite the Tuesday night disappointment the West Virginia men’s basketball team provided in a lackluster performance in a loss to Arizona State, an interesting news item sneaked by us all last week.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is confirming cases of pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough, in West Virginia.

STEUBENVILLE, OH - Tuesday was the Ohio Valley Health Center’s first day providing an in-house echocardiogram for one of its patients, through a new machine purchased late last year.

CHARLESTON, WV - Brian Cunningham, who led the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency for about a year and a half, has left the position, a spokesperson for PEIA confirmed Wednesday.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - In this edition of the WVU Medicine Health Report, the director of the WVU Medicine Sleep Evaluation Center, Dr. Robert Stansbury, talks about the importance of getting enough sleep.

CLARKSBURG, WV - The WVU Medicine Hospice Memorial Garden in Clarksburg is asking for help from the community to assist in its Garden Beautification Project.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Health systems across the U.S. are preparing for shifts in Medicare and Medicaid programs, affecting their patient populations.

HUNTINGTON, WV - The Marshall Health Network laboratories at Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH) and St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), have been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP).

CHARLESTON, WV - Brian Cunningham, who had been executive director of the Public Employees Insurance Agency as it navigated recent financial challenges, resigned during the transition between administrations.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Under a new affiliation, Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Children's Hospital specialists are now providing neonatal ICU services at Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Pa.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - Patients in the Charleston area and southern West Virginia now have expanded and more convenient access to cardiac electrophysiology services.

CHARLESTON, WV - Health care is notoriously more difficult to provide for rural communities than urban ones.

MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health (BMH) proudly announces that Alicia Clark, MS/CCC-SLP, has been selected by Find a Top Doc as a Top Speech-Language Pathologist representing Madison, WV.

FAIRMONT, WV - The Marion County Rescue Squad has introduced a wellness app for employees and families to assist them in dealing with the unique challenges that are presented to first responders on a daily basis.

MORGANTOWN, WV - 2024 graduates of WVU’s School of Nursing earned near-perfect first-time pass rates on their national registered nurse licensing exam: the NCLEX-RN.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital hosted state legislators on January 16 to talk about recent advancements and future plans.

CHARLESTON, WV - Working from an extreme right-wing political and religious template, Gov. Patrick Morrisey wasted no time during his first week in office to issue an executive order that directs an as yet unappointed state health officer and the commissioner for the Bureau for Public Health to establish a plan to allow parents of children who attend a public school or day care to object on religious grounds to one or more of the vaccines required by the state.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is offering the following community events and screenings for the second half of January.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Some medical professionals are disappointed following an executive order mandating religious exemptions to public school vaccine requirements that West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey signed on his first day in office.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine saw a busy year of growth in 2024, bringing the health system's portfolio to 25 hospitals after it finalized the purchase of Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center on Jan. 1.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia health organizations are already expressing concerns over Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s newly-announced executive order to allow religious exemptions for vaccination requirements.

PRINCETON, WV - With the recent winter weather, some scheduled medical appointments are being cancelled, and they potentially won’t be rescheduled due to patients.

MORGANTOWN, WV - With many people setting New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, improve health, and get in shape, WVU Medicine’s Bariatric Surgery Program offers proven methods to help individuals achieve a slimmer and healthier lifestyle.

CHARLESTON, WV - Legislation pertaining to religious exemptions from school vaccinations, foster care and access to health care in West Virginia all will be vetted first by State Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman starting this legislative session.

WESTON, WV - Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital (SJMH) will hold its 8th annual Groundhog Day 5K at 10AM, Saturday, Feb. 1, at the SJMH track in the hospital’s back parking lot.

CHARLESTON, WV - New Gov. Patrick Morrisey has come out of the blocks fast with a series of executive orders to implement his policies.

CHARLESTON, WV - Bev Farmer, RN, OCN, will lead oncology services for all Charleston Area Medical Center cancer center locations including Beckley, Charleston and Hurricane.

CHARLESTON, WV - Sen. Jim Justice, who promised rocket ship rides and boasted big budget surpluses, has left the new Gov. Patrick Morrisey with a problem: a projected $400 million deficit beginning next year.

WESTON, WV - Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital proudly announces that pharmacy technician trainees Anna Armstrong, Luke Wiseman and Zachariah Stalnaker have successfully completed the training and certification process required to become registered pharmacy technicians in the State of West Virginia.