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A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
09/09/2024 - MetroNews by: Hoppy Kercheval
CHARLESTON, WV - A MetroNews West Virginia Poll suggests that the state’s voters view the abortion issue differently than their elected representatives.
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09/09/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Twelve Vandalia Health hospitals were awarded in the Centers for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) 2024 Donate Life West Virginia Hospital Challenge Awards at Stonewall Resort.
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09/09/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Lori Kersey
CHARLESTON, WV - The state Department of Health says it anticipates getting federal funding to purchase updated COVID-19 vaccines for uninsured and underinsured people this fall after a program that provided them ended late last month.
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09/09/2024 - Mon Health
WHITE HALL, WV - Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital has been infection free since its opening 1000 days ago on December 14, 2021.
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09/09/2024 - WVNews by: Damian Phillips
CLARKSBURG, WV - A full year after the federal government called an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States still sees yearly spikes in infection rates each summer.
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09/09/2024 - The State Journal by: Charles Young
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV - Officials from WVU Medicine recently requested help from the state’s business community as the heath care network sets out to achieve a prestigious designation.
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09/09/2024 - Becker's News Source by: Laura Dyrda
WASHINGTON, D.C. - CMS published the list of acute care hospitals selected for its next episode-based alternative payment model, TEAM.
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09/09/2024 - Marshall University
HUNTINGTON, WV - A new clinical trial at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall Health Network aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral lofexidine, a non-opioid investigational medication, in newborns who suffer from neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) or neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) due to prenatal exposure to opioids.
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09/09/2024 - WV Press Association
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) has released its Community Benefit Report, outlining the $1.05 billion in contributions West Virginia hospitals make to the health of their patients.
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09/09/2024 - WSAZ
HUNTINGTON, WV - September is National Recovery Month - a time to offer support for those living with Substance Use Disorder.
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09/06/2024 - The Real WV
CHARLESTON, WV - Join the CAMC Foundation Saturday, Sept. 21, for the 10th weCANclimb, a 2.5 mile hike/5K trail run, at Kanawha State Forest, Shelter 3.
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09/06/2024 - Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON, WV - A partnership between two universities and a regional hospital helping students find their future in nursing took a step forward Thursday as a cohort of nursing students signed up and agreed to work locally after their graduation.
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09/06/2024 - WVNews
CHARLESTON, WV - Anthony Uy, MD, has been named CAMC’s chief quality officer.
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09/06/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - September is National Suicide Prevention Month and Sept. 8 is recognized as 988 Day to raise awareness about the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
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09/06/2024 - WOWK
CHARLESTON, WV - We’re starting to get a clearer picture of what might be included in a special legislative session in West Virginia.
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09/05/2024 - The Shinnston News
A Tradition of Service and an Eye to the Future: United Hospital Center Is the Business of the Month
BRIDGEPORT, WV - Almost a half century ago, Union Protestant Hospital and St. Mary’s merged to form United Hospital Center.
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09/05/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - At a time when usage of smartwatches and rings has become more common, a West Virginia University human performance researcher points out heart rate variability — the time between heartbeats — the devices report is different from what would be recorded in a clinical setting.
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09/05/2024 - The Journal
MARTINSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center are offering a program in Shepherdstown for those dealing with chronic pain.
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09/05/2024 - The Jackson Star & Herald by: Suzette Lowe
RIPLEY, WV - When someone is in the hospital, a kind word, a listening ear or a prayer being lifted can often bring tremendous comfort.
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09/05/2024 - WTAP by: Andrew Noll
ST. MARYS, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is slated to open a Rapid Care and Specialty Care Clinic with diagnostic services in St. Marys.
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09/05/2024 - The Exponent Telegram
BRIDGEPORT, WV - United Transitional Care Center, a department of WVU Medicine United Hospital Center, has once again earned a five-star overall quality classification among nursing home providers, continuing UTCC’s consecutive Five Star Quality Rating since 2018 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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09/05/2024 - WVVA by: Tim Cha
PRINCETON, WV - At the WVU Medicine-Princeton Community Hospital parking lot, an extraordinary event took place on Wednesday, September 4.
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09/05/2024 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Katelyn Aluise
HUNTINGTON, WV - Positive COVID-19 cases in West Virginia have increased this past month due to what health officials are calling the “summer wave,” said Mikaela Earl, Cabell Huntington Health Department’s director of epidemiology.
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09/05/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Preston Primary Care – Fellowsville celebrated its 20th anniversary on Wednesday, August 21
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09/05/2024 - MetroNews by: Katherin Skeldon
CHARLESTON, WV - September is the month dedicated to helping prepare and educate people on what to do in the event a disaster strikes.
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09/05/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - September is National Suicide Prevention Month and Sept. 8 is recognized as 988 Day to raise awareness about the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
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09/05/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginians say access to childcare is a significant challenge for the state.
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09/05/2024 - Marshall Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - The interventional cardiology team at St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), a member of Marshall Health Network, is pleased to announce the recent adoption of the Coroventis CoroFlow Cardiovascular System.
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09/04/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Nicholas, Harrison, and Marion counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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09/04/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Pocahontas County offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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