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A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
12/03/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Ellen Allen
CHARLESTON, WV - November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month — coinciding with the start of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace Plans.
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12/03/2024 - Times West Virginian by: Esteban Fernandez
FAIRMONT, WV - Labor issues set the tone for Monday afternoon's Marion County Board of Education meeting.
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12/03/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Hospitals Rehabilitation Services staff are improving team bonding in a unique and fun way — by lifting their voices up in song.
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12/03/2024 - The Exponent Telegram
BRIDGEPORT, WV - Renovations were recently completed at the Cecil B. Highland Jr. & Barbara B. Highland Cancer Center at WVU Medicine United Hospital Center.
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12/03/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Heading toward an incoming administration and a newly-seated legislature, West Virginia’s state revenue is just above water.
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12/02/2024 - My Buckhannon
ROCK CAVE, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Upshur and Tucker counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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12/02/2024 - The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network will offer the following community events and screenings for the beginning of December.
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12/02/2024 - Modern Healthcare
WASHINGTON, DC - Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV fluid hydration altogether.
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12/02/2024 - Mineral News and Tribune
KEYSER, WV - Potomac Valley Hospital’s (PVH) fundraiser held Nov. 9 at Brookedale Farm raised over $35,000 on behalf of the hospital’s cancer and infusion center.
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12/02/2024 - Morgan Messenger
WASHINGTON, DC - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO are warning about the substantial rise in cases of measles and whooping cough (pertussis) in the United States and globally.
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12/02/2024 - WVNews
PHILIPPI, WV - Vandalia Health System announced Monday the expansion of teleneurology services to Broaddus Hospital, which officials said further advances stroke care in Barbour and surrounding counties.
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12/02/2024 - MetroNews
LOGAN, WV - Three hundred employees of the Logan Regional Medical Center will now get the chance to have their voices heard after voting to join the United Steel Workers union.
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12/02/2024 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - The Legislature and a new governor will soon have say-so over any policy response to the increased cost of insurance for public employees.
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12/02/2024 - MSN
BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV - Valley Health has partnered with Hospice of the Panhandle to launch a hospice care programme within its hospitals, War Memorial Hospital (WarMH) in Berkeley Springs and Hampshire Memorial Hospital (HMH) in Romney, West Virginia, US.
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11/27/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Lori Kersey
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia Gov. and Senator-elect Jim Justice said Tuesday he supports a plan by President Joe Biden’s administration to expand access to costly weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, but acknowledged that their prices might be a concern.
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11/27/2024 - The Parkersburg News & Sentinel by: Jess Mancini
PARKERSBURG, WV - Volunteers at the Salvation Army of Parkersburg prepped Tuesday for 1,500 meals planned on Thanksgiving Day.
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11/27/2024 - The Intelligencer by: Derek Redd
WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Continuous Care Center has always been a “gem” in the Wheeling community, said Douglass Harrison, regional president of WVU Medicine. A national publication now agrees with that sentiment.
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11/27/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely
CHARLESTON, WV - The Department of Health Facilities, reliant on contract nurses to staff state-run hospitals, is now seeking a single vendor to manage all of its contact laborer services.
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11/27/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Leann Ray
CHARLESTON, WV - Public employees in West Virginia are upset about another health insurance premium increase, and rightfully so.
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11/27/2024 - RealWV
CHARLESTON, WV - Mary Free Bed is expanding its rehabilitation services to West Virginia with the announcement of a partnership with Vandalia Health at Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC).
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11/26/2024 - The Dominion Post
MORGANTOWN, WV - Cue announcer: “This... is ‘Mohigan Idol.’”
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11/26/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The fifth annual Run Santa Run 5K will be held at 9 a.m. Dec. 15 at the Rosenbaum Family House (RFH) on the campus of WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.
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11/26/2024 - WDTV by: Brandy Kelly
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine along with the Centers for Disease and Prevention is raising awareness of antibiotic resistance.
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11/26/2024 - WOWK by: Jessica Patterson
MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health is serving up a head-start to the holidays!
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11/26/2024 - WOWK by: Christian Meffert
CHARLESTON, WV - On this week’s episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, we talk about Senator Capito’s appointments, changes to Medicare, walking for WVU Medicine Children’s and the purpose of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association.
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11/26/2024 - Mon Health
WESTON, WV - This fall, health experts at Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital brought vital resources and support closer to home for expectant families in Braxton County with a series of pregnancy and childbirth education classes.
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11/26/2024 - MetroNews by: Hoppy Kercheval
CHARLESTON, WV - The state Public Employee Insurance Agency (PEIA) has wrapped up a series of meetings across the state to gather input from plan participants about proposed increases.
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11/26/2024 - WBOY by: Barbara Ron
MORGANTOWN, WV - November is lung cancer awareness month, and this year, the WVU Cancer Institute at United Hospital Center became the first in the state to offer CYTALUX to help identify cancer in the lungs.
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11/26/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Leann Ray
CHARLESTON, WV - Public employees in West Virginia are upset about another health insurance premium increase, and rightfully so.
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11/26/2024 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Kristin Kuchno
WEIRTON, WV - As John Frankovitch prepares to retire as president and CEO of Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center, he is leading the organization into its next major chapter.
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