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CHARLESTON, WV - There’s a nifty narrative pertaining to the drug overdose crisis in West Virginia, and the rest of the United States in general.

CHARLESTON, WV - Asking for help is never an easy thing, but those who work closely with the 988 Crisis line say that more and more people in the State of West Virginia are using the 24 hour 7 day a week, free resources in times of need.

CHARLESTON, WV - Members of the West Virginia Senate passed a bill Monday aimed at strengthening an existing law that penalizes those who fail to act in the event of a drug overdose.

MORGANTOWN, WV - PACE Enterprises is has announced its three presenting sponsors for the second annual Laurel Leadership Gala on March 23 at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place.

HUNTINGTON, WV - As part of its centennial celebration, St. Mary’s Medical Center officially released a commemorative book set to celebrate the medical center’s 100-year legacy during a special event Monday.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia is among the 11 states with the highest prevalence rates for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). As COPD continues to be a rising issue for West Virginians, Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown stands as a leader in its life-saving treatment.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Cue announcer: “This is … ‘Mohigan Idol.’”

PARKERSBURG, WV - A new exhibit will be opening at the Parkersburg Art Center on Friday with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. entitled “The Outlaw: Works by Billy Foster.”

MARTINSBURG, WV - State Treasurer Riley Moore visited Martinsburg on Thursday, January 11, to present an unclaimed property check worth nearly $32,000 to benefit WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center.

CHARLESTON, WV - Following on the heels of a big personal income tax cut, Gov. Jim Justice has proposed three more tax breaks.

CHARLESTON, WV - Highmark Health Options West Virginia will be a managed care organization for Medicaid-eligible West Virginians after approval was recently given by the West Virginia Department of Human Services Bureau.

WASHINGTON, DC - Physicians confronted a Medicare reimbursement cut this year, but the American Medical Association and other organizations are also looking ahead to a bigger fight: completely overhauling how the program pays doctors

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine and the WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance have completed their 100th solid organ transplant surgery.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center is a 155-bed hospital located in Morgantown, West Virginia with a mission to enhance the health of the communities it serves, one person at a time.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Sometimes miracles come in pairs. The very first set of twins born in 2024 at The Maternity Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital made their appearance on Monday, Jan. 15.

CLARKSBURG, WV - Veterans who get their health care services at the VA medical center in Clarksburg will soon see a boost in their customer care experience.

CLARKSBURG, WV - The Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) recently announced that they’re breaking records for lives saved through organ donations.

LEWISBURG, WV - Since the 1990s, point-of-care ultrasound technology has become more widely used among physicians at the bedsides of patients.

CHARLESTON, WV - A delegate from West Virginia, Geno Chiarelli, has proposed a new law.

CHARLESTON, WV - Despite a proclivity toward culture war issues, given a GOP supermajority, the West Virginia Legislature is doing some meaningful work in addressing access to cancer screening.

CHARLESTON, WV - Lawmakers are considering a bill that would require pharmacy benefit managers to be more transparent in contracting with the Public Employee Insurance Agency.

CHARLESTON, WV - State lawmakers are to be commended for working quickly on bills from both the Senate and House of Delegates that would remove fentanyl test strips from the definition in state code for drug paraphernalia.

CHARLESTON, WV - An amended version of a bill that would allow lawmakers to privately question officials within the newly-formed agencies that used to make up the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) passed through committee on Wednesday and will head to the House floor next.

PARKERSBURG, WV - State Senate Majority Leader Tom Takubo, R-Kanawha, has spoken in support of Senate Bill 208 — yet another attempt to attract and retain needed workers.

CHARLESTON, WV - A bill that would legalize the production, sales and adult recreational consumption of marijuana was introduced in the House of Delegates on Wednesday.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia University and the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute made a big splash in the national media and the effects are still rippling.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Cabell Huntington Hospital’s (CHH) Center for Advanced Reproductive Medicine, a member of Marshall Health Network, exceeded the national average for in vitro fertilization (IVF) pregnancy rates in 2023, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.

PRINCETON, WV - Dr. Lyndsey Weatherly is a practicing pediatrician at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital.

MARTINSBURG, WV - In collaboration with the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness, county captains from WVU Medicine and Telamon will be coordinating a street count of individuals experiencing homelessness beginning at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, until 3:59 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Dr. Gregory Purnell, a member of Mon Health Medical Center Staff, is now performing MACI (autologous cultured chondrocytes on a collagen membrane), an advanced approach to restoring damaged cartilage in the knee in the appropriate patients.