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CHARLESTON, WV - Eight years ago, when the Affordable Care Act was up for repeal, then-Gov. Justice and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., helped walk the nation back from the brink.

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump’s executive order, which threatens pharmaceutical companies with targeted retaliation and lawsuits if they fail to lower drug prices, raises serious legal questions and could create drug shortages if implemented.

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is urging insurers to continue covering vaccinations during pregnancy in an open letter signed by 30 prominent professional health organizations.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital (PCH) announced that Tonya Mills, RN, was presented with an award for excellence in nursing.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Three-year-old Magnolia Pauley spent her earliest days in the Neonatal Therapeutic Unit at Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.

CHARLESTON, WV - Since the beginning of the year when a measles outbreak in New Mexico and West Texas resulted in the death of a school-aged child, there have been reignited discussions about vaccination and the measles virus itself.

WESTON, WV - Vandalia Health Mon Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital is proud to announce that it has achieved the prestigious international Baby-Friendly redesignation after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA. The hospital was first designated as a Baby-Friendly hospital in 2019.

WV - Nine months after Monroe County Hospital in rural South Alabama closed its labor and delivery department in October 2023, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in neighboring Clarke County also stopped delivering babies.

HUNTINGTON, WV - This year, the Maternity Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH) has earned national acclaim, receiving three prestigious awards that underscore its commitment to exceptional care for mothers and babies.

ST. ALBANS, WV - A woman has called for West Virginia voters to decide the issue of abortion access in the state after she was forced to check herself out of a Charleston hospital in 2021 and travel six hours for a life-saving abortion.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is partnering with football helmet manufacturer Riddell on a new initiative to provide a cutting-edge personalized football helmet platform to middle and high school tackle football programs across Marion County.

CHARLESTON, WV - Insulin changed the way we treat and manage diabetes.

CHARLESTON, WV - Kimberly Barker says Medicaid is a lifeline for the Mountain State, and it's also vital coverage that has kept her healthy.

PARKERSBURG, WV - As a teen growing up in Green Bank, Shari Vance decided she wanted to be a doctor.

CHARLESTON, WV - While West Virginia’s overall employment growth has been stagnant over the past year, one area of the economy that has seen continued growth is the health care sector.

BERKELEY COUNTY, WV - WVU Hospitals East recently provided 895 free sports physicals to middle and high school students across the Eastern Panhandle, marking the continued growth of a longstanding initiative designed to invest in the health and success of the region’s youth.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Board of Education unanimously voted Wednesday to provide county school boards guidance to disregard Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order allowing for religious and conscientious exemptions to the state’s school-age vaccination law.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Through a collaborative partnership, WVU School of Nursing graduate-level students are working with administrators at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital to identify clinical opportunities for improvement, implement evidence-based solutions and enhance patient outcomes.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Cancer Registry gained nationwide distinction, as announced by the West Virginia Department of Health (DH).

CHARLESTON, WV - CAMC will host its annual summer Junior Nursing Academy June 11 – 13.

BECKLEY, WV - A state law which protects abortion patients from being prosecuted for their own abortions also protects miscarriage patients from facing criminal charges if they’re accused of having an abortion, according to comments made by the president of the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association on Monday, June 9, 2025.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - “For most of my life, the only normalcy I knew involved chronic pain. Migraine disease has been present in my life since I was a toddler.”

CHARLESTON, WV - CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital has become the first hospital in West Virginia to open a donor milk depot in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Mother’s Milk Bank, offering life-saving nutrition to vulnerable newborns across the state.

CHARLESTON, WV - Right now, congressional Republicans are advancing a bill that would take away health care coverage from nearly 14 million people in this country, including many here in West Virginia.

MADISON, WV - The Southern West Virginia Community & Technical College Chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) recently held its Annual Induction Ceremony at the Savas-Kostas Theater.

CHARLESTON, WV - For years, West Virginia kids have been screened for risk of diabetes, obesity and heart disease, families have spent food stamp money on locally grown fruits and vegetables and people with health problems have learned how food and exercise could heal their bodies.

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

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network announces the promotion of Chad Fisher, Esq., FACMPE, FACHE, to Vice President, Orthopedic Service Line.