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MORGANTOWN, WV - Everything came together to save the life of Mike Howell when he suffered a pulmonary embolism in early January.

PARKERSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center has been expanding into south Parkersburg.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently received national media attention for its groundbreaking research in Alzheimer’s disease and drug addiction.

CHARLESTON, WV - CAMC Memorial cardiologist and author Anand Chockalingam and colleagues are developing and implementing programs that encourage and strengthen healthier hearts for Kanawha Valley residents through mindfulness, moderate exercise, optimism, and other lifestyle and attitude adjustments.

FAIRMONT, WV - WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center is now a designated site for low-dose computed tomography.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center, members of Marshall Health Network, will provide the following events and screenings for the community in February.

WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital is now a site of service for the WVU Medicine Cancer Institute Lung Cancer Screening Program.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia University Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute have welcomed Nestor F. Dans, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery, to their surgical staff.

CLARKSBURG, WV - Nearly 500 people attended the 64th annual United Hospital Center Holly Ball on Saturday at The Morris event center in Clarksburg.

WHEELING, WV - Nutrition Goes to School is an interactive educational program designed by dietitians at Wheeling Hospital that promotes healthy eating and exercise in a fun way to third- and fourth-grade students.

FAIRMONT, WV - According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease takes the life of a woman every 80 seconds.

PRINCETON, WV - Friday is National Wear Red Day as part of February being American Heart Month and WVU Princeton Community Hospital is holding a rally to help bring awareness to the leading cause of death among Americans, especially women.

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

BRIDGEPORT, WV - WVU Extra Life held a charity event Saturday to benefit WVU Medicine’s Children’s Hospital through raffles, games, and autographs from WVU legends.

RAVENSWOOD, WV - The first Communities in Schools (CIS) Resource Day turned out to be a success with several local organizations participating.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Two bills aimed at protecting hospital workers are receiving growing recognition and support in Congress and from healthcare groups and executives.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Human Services' Bureau for Medical Services on Thursday announced a new financial management services vendor.

CHARLESTON, WV - A bill moving in the House of Delegates would help Medicaid recipients get timely access to needed dental care, proponents say.

WASHINGTON D.C. - On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), as well as U.S. Reps. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) and Mike Carey (R-Ohio), reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act.

CHARLESTON, WV - Some thoughts about a couple of pieces of legislation making the rounds at the West Virginia Capitol:

HUNTINGTON, WV - Positive COVID-19, influenza and RSV cases and emergency department visits decreased in West Virginia in January, according to data provided by director of epidemiology Mikaela Earl during the Cabell-Huntington Board of Health meeting last week.

CHARLESTON, WV - Veteran health care executive Timothy Hatfield has been named Chief Executive Officer of the new Williamson Memorial Hospital.

CHARLESTON, WV - Samuel G. Deem, DO, has been named Program Director of the CAMC Urology Residency.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Meet Michael Grace, president, WVU Hospitals, and chief administrative officer, WVU Health System, and one of our 20 People to Know in Health Care.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - The group WV Gamers will gather once again at Meadowbrook Mall on Saturday to play some of their favorite games for charity.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - WVU Medicine United Hospital Center received unclaimed property funds that officials said will provide a boost for the hospital.

CHARLESTON, WV - The mission of all hospitals regardless of size and location, is to provide quality care to patients and advance health in their communities.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to prohibit and criminalize the doxxing of health care workers and other first responders in the state.

CHARLESTON, WV - The state Senate cruised through a series of bills on Wednesday – among them one dealing with gun classes and one to help protect foster children.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would add more oversight and accountability measures for recovery residences in the state.