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CHARLESTON, WV - Healthcare industry leaders joined together on Friday for the West Virginia Press Association’s annual Legislative Lookahead, where they discussed healthcare priorities that should be considered during the upcoming legislative session.

CHARLESTON, WV - I was running the numbers, and to my astonishment, this will be my 35th regular session of the Legislature, and my third in semi-retirement.

CHARLESTON, WV - Legislative leaders offered a preview on Friday of the 2024 legislative session, which begins Wednesday, Jan. 10.

CHARLESTON, WV - Those uninsured will get a free and guided opportunity to sign up for health insurance coverage during the first Cover WV Day set for Tuesday across West Virginia.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Employees of Monongalia Emergency Services have filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board.

CHARLESTON, WV - New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday shows an 18% jump in people testing positive for influenza last week.

MORGANTOWN, WV - In the first study of its kind in humans, researchers have discovered that it is safe to use sound waves fired into specific areas of the brain to open a protective barrier and clear the way for Alzheimer’s medications.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia had set aside $50 million for the improvement of cancer care in the state.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s now has the only board-certified pediatric urologist practicing in West Virginia. Osama Al-Omar, M.D., M.B.A., chief of Pediatric Urology at WVU Medicine Children’s, passed the American Board of Pediatric Urology certifying exam to earn the distinction.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Laura McCall was named Senior Director of Philanthropy for the Mon Health Foundation.

SPENCER, WV - OVP Health, a Huntington-based provider of inpatient and outpatient health care services in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and South Carolina, is now working with Roane General Hospital in Spencer.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Advanced practice professionals (APPs) now have a unique opportunity to train within the WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute thanks to a first-of-its-kind fellowship program in West Virginia that launched this month.

PRINCETON, WV - A couple from Speedway, West Virginia wanted to remember their son in a special way on his birthday. Miranda Norman and Derek Gettys’ son, Rowdy Blaze Gettys, was born on July 4, 2022, at Charleston Area Medical Center, but, sadly, died two days later.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Hospitals Volunteer Services will offer the Health Careers Academy, formerly the Junior Volunteer Academy, again this year.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - WVU Medicine United Hospital Center has a new internal medicine specialist.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Just this week, the WVU medicine Southgate complex added another service through their already long list.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reports promising results in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease using focused ultrasound technology to disrupt blood-brain barrier

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia officials are excited about a newly-announced partnership with the international powerhouse LG, but it’s a challenge to explain what that will be like.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia ranks 40th nationwide for median annual pay for registered nurses, according to a report in Becker’s Hospital Review. We asked WVU Medicine and Mon Health was that number might mean for them.

MORGANTOWN, WV - As respiratory viruses follow their usual patterns of surging in the winter months, it’s a good time to address the common misconception that antibiotics are the cure for such ailments.

CHARLESTON, WV - Brad Story was appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the West Virginia Behavioral Healthcare Providers Association.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Emergency departments (EDs) across WVU Medicine experienced a holiday surge in patients with respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and as a result, physicians encourage those who can to use their primary care providers, telemedicine, and urgent carecenters when appropriate.

CHARLESTON, WV - Vandalia Health is collaborating with local schools such as Davis & Elkins College, Salem University and West Virginia Wesleyan College to bring discounted educational opportunities to its workforce.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute continues to work toward National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation as it begins making investments in cancer care and research utilizing the $50 million commitment from the State of West Virginia announced last summer.

WHEELING, WV - |Photo by Derek Redd| Work will begin next week on the demolition of the former Ohio Valley Medical Center buildings, making way for a new WVU Medicine regional cancer center.Demolition is scheduled to start Monday at the former Ohio Valley Medical Center, with the Northwood Health Systems building the first to be razed.

MORGANTOWN, WV - In this edition of the WVU Medicine Health Report, we explore CAR-T cell therapy and how it works.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Deb Schrag, MD, MPH, knows that a key member of a patient with cancer’s care team can—and should—be the patient.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer’s drugs seep inside the brain faster — by temporarily breaching its protective shield.

CHARLESTON, WV - In West Virginia, the emergency departments of WVU Medicine are seeing a surge in respiratory illnesses. These include COVID-19, the flu, and a virus known as the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia officials today welcomed an investment by LG, the international tech and electronics powerhouse.