NewsScan

TRIADELPHIA, WV - A "Touch a Truck" event took place at Quaker Steak & Lube at The Highlands to support one young boy's road to recovery.

PRINCETON, WV - Rain failed Friday to keep families and their children away from opportunities to get free backpack with school supplies, meet police K-9s and have a good time as the days of summer vacation dwindle away.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine’s new Center for Nursing Education (CNE) will soon begin accepting online applications from those who want to join its fall 2025 cohort.

PARKERSBURG, WV - A friendly competition between the Parkersburg and Marietta Fire Departments aims to raise money for breast cancer awareness and prevention.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - United Hospital Center (UHC) recently received recertification of its Cardiac Rehabilitation program by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).

MORGANTOWN, WV - For the second year in a row, a Morgantown fundraiser for type one diabetes research broke a new donation record on Saturday during its event at the Mylan Park Aquatic Center.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Friday afternoon, WVU Hospitals welcomed more than 50 new students to its Aspiring Nurse program, an ongoing initiative that offers financial aid to nursing students.

WHITE HALL, WV - Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital recently received a Jared Box donation from the Fairmont Rotary Club for pediatric patients.

KINGWOOD, WV - Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital is gearing up for the back-to-school season by visiting local schools and participating in back-to-school events.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Keep your eyes out for all the ways Mon Health will be supporting the 2024 Monongalia County Fair and parade throughout the week of August 19-24.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Intermed Labs (IL), in collaboration with Marshall Health Network (MHN), has launched Kneedle LLC, a company featuring an innovative medical device designed to significantly enhance the detection of infections in joint replacement surgeries.

TN - Haywood Park Community Hospital was the closest hospital for many in Brownsville, Tennessee, a rural city in the eastern part of the state.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is offering the following community events and screenings for the end of August.

CHARLESTON, WV - First responders are equipped to respond to any kind of emergency, but oftentimes, the quantity of 911 calls they respond to and the difficult nature of being there for people in their worst moments can make the job emotionally difficult.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Ali R. Rezai, M.D., executive chair of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI), and Ann Murray, M.D., division chief of Movement Disorders at the RNI, co-authored a recently published article in JAMA Neurology.

MORGANTOWN, WV - When a medical emergency strikes after dark, heading to the emergency room is often the immediate response.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Adam M. Franks, M.D., has been named vice dean for rural health and chair of the department of family and community health at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, announced David Gozal, M.D., M.B.A., Ph.D. (Hon), Marshall University vice president for health affairs and dean of the medical school.

CHARLESTON, WV - For the past several months, Gov. Jim Justice has been discussing the possibility of calling the West Virginia Legislature into a special session to have lawmakers take up his proposal for an additional personal income tax cut.

PARKERSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark has named Vincent McClosky its new vice president of ambulatory operations.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute unveiled its new NeuroPerformance Innovation Center on Thursday, which operates as a base for not only the comprehensive Concussion and Brain Injury Program but for research into enhancing athletic performance.

CHARLESTON, WV - After decades of watching drug corporations relentlessly raise prices on everything from insulin to cancer drugs, President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress took bold action two years ago this month to stop prescription drug price-gouging in Medicare, the nation’s largest purchaser of prescription medicines.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Together as Vandalia Health, Mon Health System, CAMC Health System, and Davis Health System are identifying areas of process improvements and efficiencies to elevate their practices.

MARSHALL COUNTY, WV - WVU Medicine signed four additional nurses from West Virginia Northern Community College to its aspiring nurse program on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Biden administration said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with pharmaceutical companies to lower prices on the 10 costliest and most frequently dispensed prescription drugs under Medicare.

FAIRMONT, WV - The Marion County Chamber of Commerce recognized WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center with the 2024 Francis Pierpont Visionary Award.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Few have not heard of the problem affecting the health of most West Virginians.

CHARLESTON, WV - Health care in the United States is expensive.

CLARKSBURG, WV - Harrison County commissioners on Wednesday voted to keep the old Quiet Dell School building in the county’s possession and to provide funding for its preservation for years to come.

CHARLESTON, WV - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and actress, Halle Berry, on Aug. 14, hosted a roundtable discussion on the Advancing Menopause and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, bipartisan legislation that would boost federal research on menopause and would—for the first time—coordinate the federal government’s existing programs related to menopause and mid-life women’s health.

CHARLESTON, WV - Joseph Choo, MD and Richard Han, MD, along with the CAMC cardiac imaging team, performed the first tricuspid valve repair in West Virginia, Aug. 9, using the minimally invasive technique, TriClip™ transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system.