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10/23/2024 - Herald Mail
MARTINSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center has been re-awarded international recognition as a Baby-Friendly designated hospital for adhering to the highest standards of care for breastfeeding mothers and their babies.
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10/23/2024 - WVVA by: Charlie Boothe
BLUEFIELD, WV - A new clinical affiliation was kicked off today at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital with the grand opening of the New Cardiology Clinic.
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10/23/2024 - WBOY by: Jordan Massey
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s introduced the community to the new Hayhurst Family Playground on Tuesday which is meant to be enjoyed by child patients at the hospital.
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10/23/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Community members are invited to “think pink” with the WVU Cancer Institute and Howard Hanna Premier Properties by Barbara Alexander at this year’s Breast Cancer Survivor Walk on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Milan Puskar Stadium.
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10/23/2024 - Marshall Health
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is pleased to welcome three specialists in orthopaedic surgery and primary care sports medicine to its team of orthopaedic providers.
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10/23/2024 - WVNews
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals has announced the purchase of a new mobile mammography unit to serve southern West Virginia.
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10/23/2024 - WVNews
CLARKSBURG, WV - Following the excitement surrounding the Healthy Harrison pilot project at Lincoln, Notre Dame, Robert C. Byrd, South Harrison high schools, the initiative is set to expand, launching similar programs at Liberty and Bridgeport high schools.
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10/23/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The Neurosurgery Department at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) recently implanted WVU Medicine’s first restorative neurostimulation therapy for low back pain.
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10/23/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), an observance that celebrates the contributions of disabled workers and highlights the commitment to ensuring access to quality jobs for all.
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10/23/2024 - The Intelligencer by: Emma Delk
GLEN DALE, WV - The northwest corner of the John Marshall High School student parking lot will be transformed over the next three years into a 60,000-square-foot natatorium with a competition-sized pool, warm-up pool and quarter-mile indoor walking track.
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10/23/2024 - WSAZ by: Curtis Johnson
WAYNE, WV - Leaders hope signatures Monday lead to to better ambulance service for Wayne County.
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10/23/2024 - WVNews by: Damian Phillips
ELKINS, WV - Officials celebrated a milestone in the construction of a new medical center in Elkins, which is now set to open in less than a year.
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10/23/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - In-person early voting in West Virginia gets underway on Wednesday, leading up to Election Day on Nov. 5.
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10/23/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Hailing from West Virginia, Teresa Tomblin has spent most of her life in the Mountain State.
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10/22/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Pendleton and Randolph counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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10/22/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Kanawha, Monroe, and Gilmer counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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10/22/2024 - WVNS by: Julia White
BECKLEY, WV - Addiction is a very serious and chronic condition that can affect anyone.
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10/22/2024 - WDTV
BRIDGEPORT, WV - In this edition of the WVU Medicine Health Report, Dr. Megan Clark talks about breast cancer rehabilitation. Watch the video above to learn more.
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10/22/2024 - WV Public Broadcasting by: Emily Rice
CHARLESTON, WV - Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced cases of whooping cough have more than quadrupled nationally in the last year.
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10/22/2024 - Marshall Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network now offers pediatric cardiology services at Rivers Health, bringing advanced heart care closer to home for children in the Mid-Ohio Valley.
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10/22/2024 - MetroNews by: Hoppy Kercheval
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s General Election in-person voting begins Wednesday with early voting.
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10/22/2024 - CAMC
CHARLESTON, WV - The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has reaccredited the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine.
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10/22/2024 - West Virginia Watch by Lori Kersey
CHARLESTON, WV - During the general election, West Virginians will decide whether the state constitution should prohibit physicians and other health care providers from helping a patient die.
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10/22/2024 - The Register-Herald by: Dr. Angie Settle
CHARLESTON, WV - Over 500 West Virginians turned out Saturday for West Virginia Health Right’s We Care WV Day in Charleston.
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10/22/2024 - CAMC
CHARLESTON, WV - The Charleston Area Alliance presented the CAMC Center for Learning and Research with its “We Love Our Community Best Development Award.”
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10/22/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia ballots will include a question on prohibiting physician-assisted death, potentially adding a section to the state constitution to explicitly prohibit physicians or health care providers from participating in “medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of a person.”
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10/22/2024 - WVNews by: John Mark Shaver
MORGANTOWN, WV - For nearly 20 years, Mon Health President and CEO David Goldberg has been leading hospitals to innovate and perfect their care models, and he believes that his work is no more important than here in West Virginia.
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10/21/2024 - healthleaders by: G Hatfield
MORGANTOWN, WV - For years in West Virginia, nursing education has taken place within educational institutions.
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10/21/2024 - WTAP by: Shyla Florence
PARKERSBURG, WV - According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, there are five treatment options available for breast cancer.
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10/21/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Medical Center is proud to announce that Donna Pifer has been named the 2024 Volunteer of the Year, both for Mon Health Medical Center and the Northern District of West Virginia Hospital Association.
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