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SISTERSVILLE, WV - One Characteristic of Christianity is to be thankful for people.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health (DH) has introduced new statewide emergency medical services (EMS) protocols aimed at enhancing the decision-making capabilities of first responders.

CHARLESTON, WV - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito made her way to Capitol Market in Charleston Monday evening to celebrate the signing of a bill trying to end Parkinson’s Disease.

CHARLESTON, WV - There’s now a new place patients can go online to check their vaccination records from wherever they are.

MARTINSBURG, WV - Patients seeking surgical care in the Eastern Panhandle can now return to the operating rooms of the Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg.

RIPLEY, WV - As Stephanie McCoy retires from WVU Medicine Jackson General Hospital after 13 years as Chief Executive Officer, she reflects on her career.

CHARLESTON, WV - From allergies to introducing solids, the first few years of a child’s life have a surprising amount of decisions for parents to make.

CHARLESTON, WV - Medicare is completing plans to conduct an eight-year pilot program (known as “GUIDE”) to improve the health and health care of seniors with dementia.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Bridgeport is in the midst of another year of booming construction as tens of millions of dollars have already been invested according to building permits.

BUCKHANNON, WV - A group of expectant mothers in Buckhannon found support, education and friendship in an innovative Pregnancy Centering Class at St. Joseph’s Hospital that offered a new approach to prenatal care that goes beyond traditional brief checkups.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center has been rated as High-Performing for Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Stonewall Primary Care is pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Johnson as a primary care provider specializing in both family and sports medicine.

BUCKHANNON, WV - Donors are needed for the Blood Drive scheduled for Friday, August 16.

WEIRTON, WV - Finishing touches are being made on the community’s first observance of Disability Independence Day, which will feature multiple activities kicking off Monday.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Foundation has announced a record amount of funds raised this year to benefit students, programs and more at West Virginia University.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - United Hospital Center Neurosurgery, Spine, and Pain Center employees celebrated the return of their colleague, Stacey Dillow, RN.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Mercer and Summers counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.

MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Randolph, Lewis, and Marion counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.

CHARLESTON, WV - The new State Department of Health Facilities announced a plan late Friday afternoon that could result in four state-run hospitals being sold to the private sector.

CHARLESTON, WV - After years of college and medical school research, I’d never once gotten emotional while reading interviews from research participants.

WASHINGTON D.C. - The American Telemedicine Association formed a new leadership council featuring 11 health system executives.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Wallis Marsh, M.D., M.B.A., chair of the WVU Department of Surgery, became interim chair of the WVU Department of Urology effective July 1.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute welcomed dozens of medical professionals to the Erickson Alumni Center on Friday for the institute’s biennial Breast Cancer Conference, an event that highlights advancements that have been made in breast cancer research and treatment over the past two years.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s has announced a partnership that will advance mental health resources for children and families throughout West Virginia.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mountain State native Tonie Renner Gentile had a lifelong passion for music that endured through her brief battle with breast cancer.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Eye Institute is launching an Immuno-Ocular Enrichment Support Group, a dedicated community for patients with autoimmune diseases that impact eye health.

HUNTINGTON, WV - St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), a member of Marshall Health Network, has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2024.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Cabell Huntington Hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center and Rivers Health, members of Marshall Health Network, will provide the following events and screenings through theend of July.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Foundation raised $80,000 at its 16th Invitational Golf Classic sponsored by WVRC Media earlier this week.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Cancer Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Craig as a medical oncologist and hematologist.