NewsScan

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.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® — Heart Failure Gold Plus and Get With The Guidelines® — Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement awards.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals has appointed Roger Rhodes as its new chief operating officer, following a national search.

CHARLESTON, WV - Vandalia Health Charleston Area Medical Center has helped hundreds of young athletes start off their next season on a healthy note.

POINT PLEASANT, WV - Marshall Health Network has announced that Justin Turner, chief operating officer at Rivers Health in Point Pleasant, has accepted the position of chief executive officer at Logan Regional Medical Center, a member of Scion Health.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Over ninety organizations across three different counties in the state are receiving a portable medical device designed to help individuals experiencing sudden cardiac arrest.

BECKLEY, WV - Raleigh General Hospital (RGH) was awarded by the American Heart Association for their dedication to stroke care.

WESTON, WV - State Police say a patient at the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital in Weston made bomb threats toward government facilities.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® — Heart Failure Gold Plus and Get With The Guidelines® — Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement awards.

CHARLESTON, WV - The chair of the West Virginia House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee has outlined two areas of focus for next year’s legislative session.

CHARLESTON, WV - St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon Inc. is appealing a decision by the West Virginia Health Care Authority that allows Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Co.

BECKLEY, WV - There is new leadership in charge at Raleigh General Hospital.

WASHINGTON, DC - More than half of Americans — 57 percent — said in a new survey that they think the GOP’s sweeping package extending tax cuts and slashing welfare services will increase their health-care costs.

WASHINGTON, DC - A last-minute scramble to add a $50 billion rural health program to President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending law has left hospital and clinic leaders nationwide hopeful but perplexed.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Wayne, Logan, Doddridge, and Marion counties offering three-dimensional digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.

CLARKSBURG, WV - With President Trump signing the Big Beautiful Act this past July 4, some are concerned about how the new law’s Medicaid cuts are going to impact hospitals in rural states like West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine’s Steven J. Jubelirer Summer Externship Program wrapped up Thursday, July 17.

CHARLESTON, WV - On Independence Day, President Donald Trump signed his “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law. The spending and tax cut bill is paid for in part by cutting funding from Medicaid.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Secretary of State Kris Warner took “Just Three Questions!” to Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown for the tenth episode in the series. President and CEO of Mon Health System (MHS) and Executive Vice President of Vandalia Health’s Northern Region David Goldberg welcomed Secretary Warner to discuss how new projects across the state are providing local communities with greater access to healthcare and more job opportunities.

CHARLESTON, WV - Fewer obstetricians to help bring West Virginians into the world. Fewer doctors and nurses to keep them from leaving it. Fewer equipment upgrades and renovations at hospitals. Fewer hospitals.

RIPLEY, WV - WVU Medicine Jackson General Hospital is proud to announce the expansion of its Infusion Therapy Services, providing more accessible, local care for patients in need of regular infusion treatments.

CHARLESTON, WV - The elected leaders of Berkeley County Schools will continue to follow West Virginia’s law requiring certain immunizations for students entering schools in August despite the legal threats from a local lawmaker, Del. S. Chris Anders, R-Berkeley.