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MORGANTOWN, WV - Insulin management can be a burden for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but a bionic pancreas can do a lot of the thinking for them and help them better control their glucose levels.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The opioid epidemic has been plaguing West Virginia for years, and the harm that these drugs cause goes much deeper than the user.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Friends of WVU Hospitals held its annual golf tournament fundraiser on Sept. 18 at the Pines Country Club.

BECKLEY, WV - An Emergency Preparedness event is taking place at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean from October 4-6.

BLUEFIELD, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital announced a donation totaling $45,000 to support areas throughout the hospital.

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital and West Virginia Wesleyan College are sponsoring a 5K run/walk and health fair to promote healthy living in our community.

CHARLESTON, WV - Lawmakers nibbled around the edges of a special session agenda but did not gobble up Gov. Jim Justice’s main entree, a proposed 5% personal income tax cut, before adjourning until this coming Sunday evening.

CHARLESTON, WV - According to the CDC, adolescent mental health in the U.S. was worsening before the COVID-19 pandemic, and now, the nation’s youth is experiencing a mental health crisis.

BUCKHANNON, WV - Medical personnel shortages were already present before the pandemic, but COVID-19 accelerated the need for physicians and nurses.

PARKERSBURG, WV - One of the reasons for West Virginia’s challenges in ensuring everyone has access to affordable, quality health care has been the shortage in health care workers.

CHARLESTON, WV - While we never know when our families and friends will need them, we depend on and expect first responders will come to our aid whenever the situation arises.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The key to recruiting and retaining new generations of nurses is strong mentorship, onboarding, and support programs, according to these nurse leaders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last month, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, the United States Surgeon General, issued an advisory to call attention to the stress and mental health concerns facing parents and caregivers.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network (MHN) announces the launch of neuro-ophthalmology services, led by Christopher W. Burrell, M.D., the only neuro-ophthalmologist in southern West Virginia.

HUNTINGTON, WV - A new collaborative, rural internal medicine residency program between the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Holzer Health System in Gallipolis, Ohio, has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

KINGWOOD, WV - Mon Health Preston Primary Care honors Dr. Michael Schwarzenberg amidst his retirement on Monday, Sept. 30.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Alex, an outwardly genial 66-year-old wearing a ballcap emblazoned with the “M” of Morgantown High School, was reclining on an exam table one morning, politely considering every medical query tossed his way.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - More than 100 golfers came out to Bridgeport on Monday and fought through bad weather to help raise money for WVU Medicine’s United Hospital Center (UHC).

PARKERSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center and WVU Medicine Children’s have created a partnership that brought new pediatric care to the Mid-Ohio Valley.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Having high cholesterol may not have any symptoms on its own, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a problem.

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

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

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia's Nursing Workforce Expansion Program, initiated two years ago by Governor Jim Justice, has achieved significant results in addressing the state's nursing shortage.

CHARLESTON, WV - Nearly five months after first saying he would call lawmakers into a fall special session and nearly three months after calling for a 5% cut in personal income tax rates, Gov. Jim Justice issued the special session proclamation over the weekend for lawmakers to gavel in Monday.

MORGANTOWN, WV - One of the tenants of the West Virginia University Innovation Corp. in Morgantown is upstart drugmaker Yunigen.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Seventeen-year-old pediatric patient Jamea Reese had been living with severe hypertension caused by complications from diabetes, kidney failure and a stroke.

MORGANTOWN, WV - As a land-grant institution, West Virginia University’s purpose is to help people when it matters most.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Rosenbaum Family House (RFH) has attained certification from the Healthcare Hospitality Network (HHN), a nationwide professional member association of healthcare hospitality organizations to which the RFH belongs.

MORGANTOWN, WV - According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 2.5 million people in the U.S. are struggling with opioid use disorder, and in Morgantown, a team of doctors at WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is currently conducting clinical trials for a new method to help those with addiction.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is offering the following community events and screenings during the first part of October.