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CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Perinatal Partnership (WVPP) has received a $110,000 grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation for a multi-site pilot project to examine the use of the Moodr Health digital solution within the Drug Free Moms and Babies Program. 

BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV - As 2025 approaches, Valley Health looks forward to a year full of new opportunities to serve our community with compassion and innovation.

CHARLESTON, WV - The American Lung Association has released their new year resolutions on aiming to keep your lungs healthier in 2025.

WEIRTON, WV - WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center is excited to announce the arrival of their 2025 New Year's baby.

PRINCETON, WV - Born at 2:24 p.m., parents Brooklin Bishop and Billy Lester welcomed their final child to their family.

CHARLESTON, WV - New parents on New Year's Day was the theme in the labor and delivery units at Charleston area hospitals Wednesday.

MORGANTOWN, WV - There’s a new kid in town!

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia organizations are joining forces once again for the second annual Cover WV Day, a statewide initiative to assist uninsured residents in enrolling for health coverage.

FAIRMONT, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Foundation received a $3,000 check from First Exchange Bank on Monday to benefit breast cancer initiatives, including the ones available at Mon Health Obstetrics and Gynecology in Fairmont.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Whooping cough has been on the rise and it has caused some concern among healthcare professionals.

RONCEVERTE, WV - Doug Tice grew up in Elizabeth, a tiny town in the smallest county in West Virginia (Wirt County).

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is pleased to announce the Cabell Huntington Hospital Family Practice Barboursville, and the Cabell Huntington Hospital Meritt’s Creek Family Medical Center are joining together and relocating to 6430 US Route 60 E, Barboursville, WV 25504.

MARTINSBURG, WV - The first endoscopic spine procedure was performed at WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center by Adolfo Viloria, M.D., marking a significant advancement in minimally invasive spine care in the Eastern Panhandle.

CHARLESTON, WV - After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year nationally and in 26 states — but not as fast as it should compared with similar countries, according to a new study.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine is growing at a rapid clip and has nearly tripled its annual revenue over the last five years.

KEYSER, WV - Amanda Truly, RN, a nursing house supervisor serving on the night shift at Potomac Valley Hospital (PVH), was recently recognized with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses®.

PARKERSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center has welcomed its fourth group of local WVU Medicine Aspiring Nurse Program students.

OHIO COUNTY, WV - The 2024 Holiday Pickleball Classic is an inaugural tournament that is helping to support WVU Medicine.

PARKERSBURG, WV - U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has recognized the maternity care services at six WVU Medicine hospitals as part of its 2025 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care ratings.

CHARLESTON, WV - A much-needed boost. That’s how the representatives of two organizations which are getting some of the first $10 million in opioid settlement money from the West Virginia First Foundation are responding to getting the word that they made the cut.

ELKINS, WV - Vandalia Health’s Davis Health System and Mon Health System staff have supported more than 40 families of employees facing financial hardship through their “Heart of the Holidays” program.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia State Senate will install new leadership on Jan. 8.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Representatives of the Bowles Rice Foundation presented a $25,000 donation to the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) to assist the RNI in its groundbreaking work in disorders of the brain.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority has joined a statewide initiative enabling first responders to perform whole blood transfusions in the field.

BLUEFIELD, WV - Bids are being sought for the next step in converting former hospital space into classrooms and other facilities that will be used for training new generations of medical professionals.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center is once again on the leading edge of surgery – this time with a new technology to treat enlarged prostate in men.

CHARLESTON, WV - With the year’s conclusion comes a time for summing up.

FAIRMONT, WV - WVU Medicine has begun incorporating artificial intelligence into its day-to-day operations, using it to make data retrieval more efficient while still protecting patient information.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), alongside its Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) and Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP), has reported a significant decline in overdose deaths across the state.

RANSON, WV - Members of the surgical team at WVU Medicine Jefferson Medical Center gathered on Monday (Dec. 16) to celebrate the successful completion of over 100 robotic-assisted surgeries using the da Vinci® Xi™ Surgical System.