NewsScan

CHARLESTON, WV - President Donald Trump was recently diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Podiatrist Mark Ankney, DPM, recently came to WVU Medicine United Hospital Center, to join UHC Orthopaedics.

CHARLESTON, WV - As West Virginians, we take pride in our sense of community—the willingness to lend a helping hand, to lift our neighbors in times of need.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Ather Syed, MD, is joining UHC Oncology, having finished his hematology/oncology fellowship at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Buffalo, N.Y.

WESTON, WV - A statewide organization with a lawsuit pending against the state Department of Health Facilities is responding to the recent armed standoff at the William R. Sharpe Jr. Psychiatric Hospital.

CHARLESTON, WV - With the average American spending nearly $14,600 per year on personal health care, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2025’s Best & Worst States for Health Care.

FAIRMONT, WV - When Clarence “Chip” and Gloria Phillips said their wedding vows on July 17, 1976, at Morris Park in Fairmont, they promised to stand with each other through everything that life would bring.

CHARLESTON, WV - Does West Virginia want to keep healthcare from its citizens?

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network recognizes Esam Baryun, MD, cardiologist at St. Mary’s Regional Heart Institute, for completing his 250th WATCHMAN™ implant procedure.

CHARLESTON, WV - A West Virginia judge on Thursday allowed the children of three families in one county to attend school this fall without required vaccinations, the latest move in a showdown between Gov. Patrick Morrisey and the state Board of Education.

CHARLESTON, WV - A Republican bill that temporarily restricts Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood will affect about one third of patients.

ROANOKE, WV - Paddles were hitting the water with purpose on Saturday at Stonewall Resort, as Vandalia Health launched its inaugural Dragon Boat Festival, a high-energy event that blended fitness, fun, and fundraising to support rural healthcare in north central West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - Three parents who believe they should not “elevate a man-made vaccine over God’s perfect design” have won the first round of a court case focused on the interaction between compulsory school vaccination laws and religious liberties.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center is participating in a clinical trial that could forever change how patients with atrial fibrillation are treated.

CHARLESTON, WV - A Kanawha County judge has dismissed a legal action filed against the State Department of Health.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health OB-GYN physicians John Sunyecz, MD, FACOG, and Christine Wilson, MD, FACOG, are now treating patients with Axonics Therapy, a device that offers long-lasting relief for people suffering from overactive bladder, bowel incontinence and urinary retention.

8 - The heat is severe in over a dozen counties in the state right now, and health officials are saying that residents in those parts need to stay conscious of how much exposure they are getting to it.

HAGERSTONE, MD - Maryland is about to celebrate the opening of its first new medical school in 100 years; it is slated to open this fall, The Mocoshow reported July 23.

ROANOKE, WV - Vandalia Health will host its first-ever Dragon Boat Festival at Stonewall Resort on July 26, bringing together local teams to promote fitness, community spirit, and fundraise for rural hospital expansion projects in North Central West Virginia.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital is celebrating one of its own.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to continue moving forward with canceling National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants over their connections to diversity initiatives.

MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Virgil Underwood, has been recognized as one of the “207 Community Hospital Presidents and CEOs to Know for 2025” by Becker's Hospital Review.

CHARLESTON, WV - The health and well-being of West Virginia citizens is everyone’s business. Hospitals, local clinics, physicians and so many others work together to provide quality care at the most affordable price possible for health and wellness throughout our state.

NEW YORK, NY - The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows.

CHARLESTON, WV - On procedural grounds, a circuit judge in Kanawha County dismissed a lawsuit over Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s directive to allow religious exemptions to vaccination requirements.

HUNTIONTON, WV - Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall Health Network CFO Monte Ward will retire Aug. 31, 2025, after more than 40 years with the organization.

CHARLESTON, WV - It was 1972. Leonard Nelson, president of the West Virginia Institute of Technology, decided to reorganize the college.

WESTON, WV - State Police are releasing more details about the standoff with a patient at the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital in Weston on Monday.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital has been recognized with the Blue Distinction® Center designation for knee and hip replacement, hospital officials announced in a press release Tuesday.

BECKLEY, WV - A Raleigh County judge has scheduled a hearing this week to determine whether a preliminary injunction would be appropriate in a mother’s lawsuit over the state’s current school vaccination requirements.