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CHARLESTON, WV - Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital officials on Thursday moved a step closer to building a new hospital at the junction of Interstate 79 and U.S. 48/33.

CHARLESTON, WV - While West Virginia has done an outstanding job of getting folks the health care coverage they need, there is room for improvement when it comes to covering the state’s most precious resource — our kids.

WHEELING, WV - David Phillips, longtime president and CEO of WVU Medicine Barnesville and Harrison Community Hospitals, will become the new chief operating officer for WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital effective July 8.

PRINCETON, WV - On Wednesday, WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital held a Grand Opening ceremony for a new facility that they’ve dubbed “a new era in cancer care.”

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Cancer Center is recognizing May’s Skin Cancer Awareness Month and sharing the fast facts to detect and prevent skin cancer.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The fourth class of Project SEARCH interns graduated from the WVU Medicine WVU Hospitals (WVUH) program today (May 22).

PHILIPPI, WV - Broaddus Hospital will hold a community health fair on June 8 that will offer discounted preventive screenings, health education and resources.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Medicine Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, along with the Mountaineer Trauma Support Group, invites the community to participate in a special walk/run/cycle/roll event that will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, in conjunction with National Trauma Awareness Month.

PARKERSBURG, WV - The Camden Clark Foundation honored past, present and future generations of nurses in observance of National Nurses Month at a luncheon on May 9.

CHARLESTON, WV - Following a bit of procedural maneuvering, the members of the West Virginia House of Delegates managed to pass a bill Tuesday allocating nearly $200 million to fund the state’s Health and Human Services departments next fiscal year.

CHARLESTON, WV - After three days of legislative wrangling, the House of Delegates on Tuesday approved an amendment to a Senate appropriations bill designed to help West Virginians with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Education is leading the way in bringing more mental health assistance to students and their families.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia Prevention Solutions is an organization that is dedicated to reducing substance use disorder in our beloved Mountain State.

CHARLESTON, WV - Charleston officials say it was a successful first ride for the around 500 cyclists that took the city by storm over the course of last week.

MORGANTOWN, WV - As a medical discipline, speech therapy is used to treat various language, communication, and swallowing disorders.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute successfully implanted its first AVEIR DR Dual Chamber leadless pacemaker for the treatment of patients with bradycardia, a slow heart rhythm.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Thoracic surgeon Nicholas Baker, M.D., is joining the WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute at United Hospital Center, where he will begin seeing patients in August.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Medicine Otolaryngology Sleep team successfully completed its 100th Inspire® implant procedure.

BECKLEY, WV - Ashley Webb, ARH System Diabetes Education Coordinator, was recognized by regional leaders and public officials as one of the “50 Under 50” most outstanding leaders in Johnson, Lawrence, Letcher, Martin, Floyd, and Pike Counties at the Dream Appalachia Poverty Conference in Inez, Kentucky in April.

SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, WV - Jefferson County Schools had a special event to recognize students committing to the MedEd program at Jefferson High School on Monday.

WHEELING, WV - Some exciting additions will soon be coming to WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital.

OHIO COUNTY, WV - WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital has received a grant for a new playroom at its future outpatient pediatric facility.

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

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

CHARLESTON, WV - A new state law is providing relief to West Virginians in need of emergency services across the state.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Legislature spent most of the day Monday trying to wrap up the first special session of 2024 to restore funding cut from the budget bill passed earlier this year and address other needs.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Medicare Advantage is the dominant form of Medicare, and questions loom for payers, providers and policymakers alike in the year ahead.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center has successfully implanted AVEIR DR, a dual chamber leadless pacemaker used to treat people with abnormal or slow heart rhythms.

KINGWOOD, WV - Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital’s Courtney Luckasevic has been selected for Generation West Virginia (GWV) Fellowship Class of 2024.

WESTON, WV - Kevin Stalnaker, the Chief Administrative Officer at Mon Health’s Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, stopped by the First at Four on Monday.