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MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health System recently held its first Explorer Program open house event for local teens.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals upgraded its electronic medical records (EMR) system to Epic Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Dr. Brittanie West from UHC Family Medicine joined First at 4 on Monday.

WHEELING, WV - Think Pink, a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness, and WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital came together on Wednesday to celebrate a donation of $50,000 dollars.

HUNTINGTON, WV - On May 1, Encompass Health opened its call for research grant applications due Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. CST.

WELLSBURG, WV - Through early voting and on May 14, Brooke County voters will decide the winners among three candidates in a non-partisan race for two seats on the county’s school board.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network CEO Dr. Kevin Yingling has informed the network’s board of directors that he plans to retire in 2025.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia Health Department is keeping an eye on a potential measles outbreak.

PRINCETON, WV - It has been fifty-six years since the improved version of the measles vaccine was created.

CHARLESTON, WV - Appeals judges ruled that West Virginia policies that don’t cover sex transition surgery through Medicaid violate federal law, and the state’s attorney general vowed to take the question to the U.S. Supreme Court.

CHARLESTON, WV - Even if you have health insurance, you might expect to be charged a copayment for some routine care, like office-based exams and consultations.

NEW YORK - Despite available treatments, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, often goes undetected in adults, wreaking havoc on their personal and professional lives.

MINGO COUNTY, WV - Aetna Better Care members will now have more access to acute care through Williamson Memorial.

PHILIPPI, WV - Broaddus Hospital is proud to announce that it has been approved as a participant in the Coal Miners’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

PARKERSBURG, WV - Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system.

CLARKSBURG, WV - Sniffles and sneezes may drag on longer this year for those who suffer from seasonal allergies, as meteorologists expect a prolonged allergy season.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center is pleased to welcome Wes Deadrick, Dean Hatcher, and Patti Hodges as its newest board members.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health System recently held its first Explorer Program open house event for local teens.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Residents at WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center visited Fairplains Elementary School April 24 to talk to fourth and fifth graders about careers in medicine.

HUNTINGTON, WV - As part of their commitment to the health and well-being of all they serve, Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH), St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC) and Rivers Health (RH), members of Marshall Health Network, are pleased to provide the following events and screenings for the community in May.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine is celebrating Occupational Therapy (OT) Month, annually observed during the month of April, a little more than a month before the opening of the Outpatient Rehabilitation Center at its University Town Centre Outpatient Clinic.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute shared and celebrated its collaborative work to reduce the cancer burden in Appalachia at this year’s Spring Gala, which raised over $1.1 million – a new record – to support cancer care, research, and outreach.

BECKLEY, WV - Beckley ARH Hospital will have its first-ever Stroke Support Group meeting.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Kentucky Derby is coming up this weekend, and while it may not be nearby, that doesn’t mean WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital patients can’t celebrate.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Thousands of West Virginia University graduates will mark Commencement Weekend May 10-12 with many of the people who have supported them over the years as they made their way to the graduation stage.

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

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

WHEELING, WV - Multiple police agencies, emergency responders, hospital staff and Wheeling University students were all at the school on Tuesday to participate in a large-scale training exercise.

MORGANTOWN, WV - State health officials say they’re continuing to monitor for disease transmission after West Virginia’s first measles case in 15 years was confirmed earlier this week in Monongalia County.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia University neuroscientists are looking into why people with early-stageAlzheimer’s disease can remember events from decades ago but cannot recall something that happened in the past few hours.