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A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
11/18/2024 - The Logan Banner by: Dylan Vidovich
LOGAN, WV - Logan Regional Medical Center recently welcomed a new urologist to its team of medical specialists.
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11/18/2024 - MetroNews by: Katherine Skeldon
DUNBAR, WV - Over the past few years, new developments into the nature of substance use and West Virginias’ ongoing opioid epidemic has prompted novel and proven effective ways on how we respond.
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11/18/2024 - Logan Regional Medical Center
LOGAN, WV - Logan Regional Medical Center received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit group that sets standards for excellence in patient safety and care.
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11/18/2024 - MetroNews by: Aaron Parker
CHARLESTON, WV - The Public Employees Insurance Agency Board continues its hearings Monday evening regarding the hefty premium increases and additional out of pocket costs for next fiscal year.
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11/18/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute has been named to Becker's Hospital Review's 2024 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs, a list highlighting leading oncology programs across the nation that are driving innovation, research, and discovery in cancer care.
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11/15/2024 - WVNS by: Phelicity Robinson
PRINCETON, WV - The Salvation Army is always busy during the holidays. The non-profit is well known for putting presents under the trees for Christmas.
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11/15/2024 - WBOY
MORGANTOWN, WV - Lauren Winans sat down with WVU Medicine Children’s Dr. Lisa Costello to discuss her role and the important work the hospital is doing for children in Morgantown and across the state.
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11/15/2024 - Boone Memorial Health
MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health launched its Health Lifestyle Program in 2018.
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11/15/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Lori Kersey
CHARLESTON, WV - More than 200,000 West Virginians get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, a 2010 law that President-elect Donald Trump tried to overturn during his first four years as president.
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11/15/2024 - Marshall Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - Jamie Falls, executive assistant to the CEO of Marshall Health Network (MHN), has retired after an impressive 37 years of dedicated service.
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11/15/2024 - MetroNews by: Morgan Pemberton
CHARLESTON, WV - Charleston Area Medical Center wants a Kanawha County circuit judge to dismiss a group of lawsuits filed by former workers who were let go for taking getting vaccination against Covid.
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11/15/2024 - WBOY
MORGANTOWN, WV - Lauren Winans sat down with Taylor Griffith, director of Children’s Miracle Network at WVU Medicine Children’s, to discuss her role and current fundraiser campaigns to benefit WVU Children’s Hospital.
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11/15/2024 - MetroNews by: Morgan Pemberton
CHARLESTON, WV - Educating practitioners on drug and mental health prevention strategies is the main topic of the 2024 West Virginia Prevention Summit that kicked off Thursday at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center.
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11/15/2024 - The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network’s Cabell Huntington Hospital recently welcomed health care providers and community members to an open house celebrating the relocation and enhancement of its pulmonary rehabilitation program.
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11/14/2024 - WVNS by: Matt Cassada
HINTON, WV - There is officially a new certification at Summers County ARH Hospital.
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11/14/2024 - WVVA by: Tim Cha
PRINCETON, WV - With hunting season right around the corner, doctors are reminding hunters to practice safety while enjoying the sport.
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11/14/2024 - The Journal by: Tabitha Johnston
SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV - For Judge David Hammer, volunteering a few hours every week for the last six years to hold an Adult Drug Court in Jefferson County has proven to be well worth the effort.
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11/14/2024 - MetroNews by: Hoppy Kercheval
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia state government must get out of the hospital business, and the sooner the better.
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11/14/2024 - WVNS by: Phelicity Robinson
PRINCETON, WV - November 10th through 16th of 2024 is National Nurse Practitioner Week.
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11/14/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - State senators are in a three-way race to become the next president.
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11/13/2024 - My Buckhannon
MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia University School of Medicine has received approval from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to offer the state’s first medical residency program in physiatry.
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11/13/2024 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Pocahontas, Randolph, Lewis, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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11/13/2024 - The Fairmont News by: John Mark Shaver
FAIRMONT, WV - Local 6-year-old Mila Floyd has collected more than 400 Squishmallows for area children and nursing home residents in just two months, and she was aided Tuesday evening by a donation from Fairmont City Council.
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11/13/2024 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - The West Virginia Knights of Columbus recently presented an icon of St. Joseph to WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital.
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11/13/2024 - The Intelligencer
WHEELING, WV - Ohio County Board of Education members Tuesday night first approved a memorandum of understanding with WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital to start a medical clinic at Madison Elementary School.
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11/13/2024 - The Herald-Dispatch
BARBOURSVILLE, WV - Members of the community are invited to attend the Village of Barboursville Community Health Fair from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14.
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11/13/2024 - WTOV by: Jaime Ely
WEIRTON, WV - According to the American Cancer Society, roughly 235,000 people are expected to be diagnosed with lung cancer this year.
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11/13/2024 - MetroNews by: Jeff Jenkins
CHARLESTON, WV - Governor-elect Patrick Morrisey will be West Virginia’s 37th governor in two months and he says there’s a lot of work to be done between now and then.
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11/13/2024 - WVNews by: John Mark Shaver
BRIDGEPORT, WV - Lung cancer operations at WVU Medicine United Hospital Center have gotten more precise and efficient thanks to Cytalux, a drug that allows doctors to more easily see exactly where the cancer lies in the lung.
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11/13/2024 - MetroNews by: Mike Nolting
CHARLESTON, WV - State lawmakers talked about the possibility of privatization of state-owned health care facilities during a legislative interim meeting Tuesday.
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