NewsScan

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia American Water has selected and announced 15 recipients of the company’s third annual Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Grant Program.

CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice’s administration is proposing a general fund budget of $5.22 billion, a figure that includes a few proposed tax cuts along with spending increases such as pay raises for state workers.

CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice is proposing about $400 million in additional spending in his new budget that lawmakers will begin tackling Thursday.

CHARLESTON, WV - In his final State of the State address, Jim Justice took his audience on a ride through what he sees as his greatest accomplishments as he trotted out person after person who he said had benefited from his administration’s signature programs.

CHARLESTON, WV - The state of West Virgina is seeing an uptick in respiratory illnesses including influenza, COVID-19, and RSV.

WASHINGTON D.C. - New weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy have garnered a lot of attention in the past year, but they aren’t always easy to get, especially for young people.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Last year, West Virginia announced a $50 million commitment to the West Virginia University Cancer Institute.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Cataract surgery is one of the most common surgeries in the United States, and WVU Medicine surgeons are confident that their care sets them apart from other healthcare providers in the region.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital is celebrating one of its own.

CHARLESTON, WV - WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals celebrated the soft opening last week of a new orthopedic hospital at Saint Francis Hospital in Charleston.

RANSON, WV - WVU Medicine’s hospitals in Jefferson and Berkeley counties have implemented new guidelines for visitors and staff to curb the spread of seasonal respiratory illnesses.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia health officials say they urgently need nearly $300 million in new funding to help residents who desperately need drug treatment and recovery, protect the state’s children from abuse, and aid those mired in poverty.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Program Director with WV Navigator, a non-profit offering enrollment assistance for the Health Insurance Marketplace, says the first-ever Cover WV Day event saw a good response at over 40 locations around the state despite the bad weather Tuesday.

CHARLESTON, WV - The state’s developing plan to divert the mentally disabled from jails and state hospitals faces organizational and funding challenges.

PARKERSBURG, WV - West Virginia lawmakers will convene in Charleston Wednesday for the first day of the 2024 legislative session.

WASHINGTON D.C. - There is a problem with the recently approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm.

HUNTINGTON, WV - As part of their commitment to the health and well-being of all they serve, Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH), St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC) and Rivers Health (RH), members of Marshall Health Network, are pleased to provide the following events and screenings for the community in January.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - The United Way of Harrison and Doddridge Counties and WVU Medicine United Hospital Center are partnering to establish medical respite care for area residents who are ill and experiencing homelessness or housing instability.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - A local hospital teamed up with the Salvation Army for the Holidays to send care packages to local seniors and kids.

BLUEFIELD, WV - Our host Taylor Hankins sits down with Princeton Community Hospital- WVU Medicine’s CEO Karen Bowling to talk about what the hospital has accomplished this year as well as plans for expansion in 2024.

PRINCETON, WV - A surgeon at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital was recently designated to be the Vice Chair of the National Commission on Cancer Accreditation Committee.

CHARLESTON, WV - During the 2023 legislative session, the West Virginia Legislature enacted House Bill 2006 that split the Department of Health and Human Resources into three agencies amid criticism of mismanagement, nonfeasance and retaliation.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Committee on Volunteer Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services (EMS), on Sunday, heard presentations from both WV EMS Coalition Director Chris Hall and Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) Director Jody Ratliff.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia EMS Coalition Executive Director Chris Hall said ambulance wait times are only getting longer statewide, and the job is only getting harder.

CLARKSBURG, WV - West Virginia has been ranked as having the least healthy population by Forbes Advisor.

BECKLEY, WV - The holidays are over, meaning students all across the country are back in school, and with that re-introduction to class time comes an increase in the spread of winter viruses.

CHARLESTON, WV - Leading lawmakers in West Virginia want to increase penalties for fentanyl dealers, give public school teachers more pay raises, remove disruptive students from classrooms and boost funding for emergency responders.

SISSONVILLE, WV - Hundreds of children in West Virginia foster care, typically older teens, live out of state in group homes.

SPRING MILLS, WV - The new WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute occupies an entire floor at the Spring Mills Medical Office Building and harnesses the research and resources of more than 200 WVU faculty members and physicians.

WESTON, WV - The first baby born at Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Family Birth Center arrived at 4:03 p.m. Friday.