NewsScan

HUNTINGTON, WV - The St. Mary’s Medical Center Regional Comprehensive Stroke Center has achieved comprehensive stroke certification through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC).

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) has released its 2024 Health Care Workforce Report, providing a comprehensive snapshot of the current hospital workforce landscape in the Mountain State.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - After 18 months of hard work and preparation, WVU Medicine United Hospital Center in Bridgeport received its Advanced Primary Stroke Center Certification in April, a designation that’s given only to hospitals with top-of-the-line stroke care.

CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Patrick Morrisey has been on a mission since March to encourage healthy living while using the levers of government to discourage use of taxpayer dollars to subsidize the purchase of soda for low-income families.

CHARLESTON, WV - A group of over 300 health care professionals, policymakers and experts coming together to discuss the current challenges health care faces and potential solutions for the future.

CHARLESTON, WV - It’s hard to know where to start when it comes to tackling the many challenges that are holding back West Virginians.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Owens & Minor medical supply logistics center is officially open in the Morgantown Industrial Park.

CHARLESTON, WV - Plenty of reports and opinion pieces have been circulating in the news media in West Virginia regarding looming cuts to Medicaid in the congressional spending plan that will facilitate extended tax cuts for the wealthy.

LEXINGTON, KY - Appalachian Regional Healthcare recently named Dr. Jayaramakrishna Depa as the System Line Medical Director of Nephrology and Diabetes Care.

CHARLESTON, WV - Pediatric patients at CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital getting the opportunity to interview four players with the Charleston Dirty Birds.

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

HUNTINGTON, WV - Access to high-quality health care is essential everywhere.

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

CHARLESTON, WV - Fentanyl continues to be the main driver behind West Virginia’s overdose crisis.

MORGANTOWN, WV - A grand opening was held on Monday to introduce the community to Owens & Minor’s new state-of the-art medical distribution center, in partnership with WVU Health System and the state of West Virginia.

MADISON, WV - Whether it’s for a checkup or something more serious, a visit to the doctor can sometimes be a scary experience.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Private philanthropy is expanding resources to aid WVU Cancer Institute patients diagnosed with gynecologic cancers.

CHARLESTON, WV - Here we go again, the merry-go-round that simply will not end.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Since becoming a founding member of the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) Center of Digital Excellence (CODE) in 2024, WVU Medicine Children’s has been advancing the standards of virtual care across West Virginia and the surrounding region.

SISTERSVILLE, WV - Memorial Health System, alongside state and community leaders, broke ground on Wednesday on the future site of the new Sistersville General Hospital, marking a historic step toward expanding rural health care in West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - More than 100 bicycles and helmets were given away to area children Saturday morning as part of an annual initiative to increase health, movement and community in Charleston.

CHARLESTON, WV - The CAMC Mobile Mammography Unit will be visiting the Cowen Clinic on Wednesday, May 28, offering mammography services and comprehensive medical care to eligible patients.

WAYNESBURG, PA - WVU Medicine announced plans today (May 30) to open a new Urgent Care in Waynesburg.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Since becoming a founding member of the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) Center of Digital Excellence (CODE) in 2024, WVU Medicine Children’s has been advancing the standards of virtual care across West Virginia and the surrounding region.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Private philanthropy is expanding resources to aid WVU Cancer Institute patients diagnosed with gynecologic cancers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republicans in Congress aren’t satisfied with just slashing Medicaid, so they are now looking at using reconciliation to repeal large swaths of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to pay for tax breaks for billionaires, big corporations and campaign donors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urged health care providers Wednesday to stop several treatments for children with gender dysphoria, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries.

CHARLESTON, WV - Regional Epidemiologist for central West Virginia Daniel Barker says children between the ages of one and five are required to have their blood lead levels tested twice in the state of West Virginia, however in Kanawha County less than 50% of children have only been tested once.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Financial issues in the EMS system across the state are once again in the forefront after Hillsboro EMS, which serves Pocahontas County, folded last week.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital (PCH) announced that its Women’s Center received an award for its efforts in immunization.