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MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Heart and Vascular Institute physicians are the first in the state and region to perform ablation of atrial fibrillation guided by a new technology, Volta’s AF-Xplorer, which promises to personalize the ablation approach.

MORGANTOWN, WV - David Goldberg, president and CEO of Mon Health System and Davis Health System, is proud to be at a community hospital and proud of the staff — medical and otherwise — that surrounds him.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV - Officials from WVU Medicine requested help from the state’s business community on Thursday as the heath care network sets out to achieve a prestigious designation.

MADISON, WV - The Centers for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) hosted the 2024 Donate Life West Virginia Hospital Challenge Awards Ceremony and Luncheon at the Stonewall Resort on August 29th to honor the remarkable contributions of West Virginia’s hospital partners in promoting organ donation awareness during Donate Life Month, held each April. T

BLUEFIELD, WV - The new date for the pickleball tournament in Bluefield is now September 7th with the same start time.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mal’s Fresh Produce in Morgantown is gearing up for a fall pumpkin festival in October!

CLARKSBURG, WV - Save a Life Day, also known as Free Naloxone Day, will be held on the fourth Thursday of September.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Heart & Vascular Center is highlighting its success with the WATCHMAN FLX™ and WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro procedures ahead of September’s National Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Awareness Month.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Becker's asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their ideas to boost the patient experience.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Heart and Vascular Institute physicians are the first in the state and region to perform ablation of atrial fibrillation guided by a new technology, Volta’s AF-Xplorer, which promises to personalize the ablation approach.

CHARLESTON, WV - Opioid use disorder (OUD) is one of the most pressing public health crises in the United States, with more than 75% of the nearly 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2022 involving an opioid.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV - Vandalia Health President and CEO Dave Ramsey laid out an aggressive path for the health system in the months and years to come during his presentation Thursday at the annual West Virginia Business Summit hosted by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

BECKLEY, WV - David Stuart, MD, FACS, has been named Chief Medical Officer for Appalachian Regional Healthcare’s West Virginia Region, serving Beckley ARH Hospital, Summers County ARH Hospital and Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center in South Williamson, Ky.

KEYSER, WV - Potomac Valley Hospital recently announced its 2024 Employee of the Year and its 2024 Safety Star of the Year.

WHEELING, WV - The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley awarded the River Valley Health Fund grant to 21 organizations who work hard to improve the health and well-being of the surrounding communities.

WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital is planting the seeds of wellness with "Growing Hope," a program that provides fresh, local produce to cancer patients.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - WVU Medicine United Hospital Center’s Nurse Residency Program recently earned national accreditation, with hospital officials saying the designation proves that UHC patients are in the best of hands.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Three promising researchers pursuing doctoral degrees at West Virginia University are receiving funding from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows Program to aid in their future academic endeavors.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Fall is just around the corner and the Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary is gearing up for the season by hosting its annual mum sale in support of the ongoing projects of Mon Health Medical Center.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary is selling football parking passes as a part of its yearly fundraiser to benefit patient care at Mon Health Medical Center.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is pleased to announce the addition of fellowship-trained pediatric cardiologist Mariam Opel, M.D., to its team of pediatric specialists.

WHITE HALL, WV - Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital was named by Becker’s Hospital Review on its list of hospitals with the shortest emergency department visit times.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network, Inc., a leading West Virginia-based academic health system, announces a new digital health collaboration with Primefocus Health.

CHARLESTON, WV - You owe $8,580.07, payable to the hospital now.

BLUEFIELD, WV - As pickleball grows in popularity more people from all age groups are starting to play the sport.

CHARLESTON, WV - As West Virginia towns were dealing with the fallout of being flooded with prescription painkillers in the late 2010s, Dr. Anita Stewart recognized that people with opioid addictions were at risk of HIV.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Dr. Eduardo Pino has announced his retirement as the Medical Director of Hoops Family Children’s Hospital (HFCH), a member of Marshall Health Network (MHN), at the end of September.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia University Health System (WVU Medicine) partnered with InVita Healthcare Technologies (InVita), and Lifeline of Ohio (LOOP), the federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) serving central and southeast Ohio as well as Wood and Hancock counties in West Virginia, to successfully launch iReferral® to improve the critical first step in the organ and tissue donation and transplantation process.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Steve Altmiller got a real sense of community in the Mid-Ohio Valley during his 6½ years as the President and CEO of WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Breastmilk is preventative health care for both mothers and babies; it’s even considered medicine by some.