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CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia continues to lose population, but the state also is gaining population.

CHARLESTON, WV - Currently, there are more than 100,000 people in the United States waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.

HUNTINGTON, WV - West Virginians who need health insurance will have an opportunity to go over their options with a professional during an event scheduled for Jan. 9.

CHARLESTON, WV - WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals is celebrating its one year anniversary of being a member of the state’s largest health system with a soft opening of a new orthopedic hospital in Charleston.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia University Thomas Hospitals are celebrating one full year in the state’s largest health system with the soft opening of a new orthopedic hospital.

BECKLEY, WV - Raleigh General Hospital on Harper Road in Beckley has once again received its Chest Pain Center Accreditation.

SCHAUMBURG, IL - New Emergency Nurses Association President Chris Dellinger wants people to recognize the emergency nurses around the world who expertly care for patients experiencing some of their worst moments and to understand they often do their work while confronting tremendous obstacles.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vinay Badhwar, M.D., executive chair of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and Gordon F. Murray Professor and Chair of the WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, has been named vice chair for strategic development and scientific partnerships for the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN).

PARKERSBURG, WV - For many of the new year means New Year’s resolutions.

CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has officially transitioned to three separate agencies.

CHARLESTON, WV - Emergency departments (EDs) across WVU Medicine are recovering from a holiday surge in cases of respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

CHARLESTON, WV - A recent article by Francis Steed Sellers in The Washington Post titled, “HHS plan to revitalize U.S. primary care falls short, experts say,” says it all about problems with primary care access.

CHARLESTON, WV - With winter in full swing, many Americans are preparing for the heightened risk of respiratory illness with a mixture of hope and concern.

WHEELING, WV - We are almost a month into the “official” winter season.

PRINCETON, WV - Health leaders at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital say they’re seeing a continued increase in the number of people getting sick.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vinay Badhwar, M.D., executive chair of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and Gordon F. Murray Professor and Chair of the WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, has been named vice chair for strategic development and scientific partnerships for the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN).

BUCKHANNON, WV - St. Joseph’s Hospital is seeking community members to participate in their “Partners in Care Council.”

BECKLEY, WV - Beckley’s Carl Larson Cancer Center has joined with CAMC Health System and Vandalia Health.

BUCKEYE, WV - Pocahontas Memorial Hospital held its Annual Christmas Dinner December 5 at the Pocahontas Opera House.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - The start of a new year also meant the start of a new life as WVU Medicine United Hospital Center in Bridgeport celebrated its first birth of the year.

ELKINS, WV - Julien Keith Shaffer was the first delivered baby of the year at Davis Medical Center in Elkins.

CHARLESTON, WV - A law banning gender-affirming care — with exceptions — for those under 18 in West Virginia went into effect on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Emergency departments across WVU Medicine are experiencing a holiday surge in patients with respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

CHARLESTON, WV - We’re just a few days away from the 2024 legislative session, when senators and delegates from across West Virginia will meet in Charleston to pass legislation and set the state budget.

HUNTINGTON, WV - The first baby born at Cabell Huntington Hospital in 2024 is a baby girl named Hazel.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia is now one of only 10 states that offer renal denervation procedures for high blood pressure after a doctor at Mon Health performed the surgery for the first time in the state on Friday.

WESTON, WV - Nearly 80 William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital residents learned about “Christmas Around the World” during a festive program this week.

PETERSBURG, WV - The Grant Memorial Hospital Auxiliary helped spread Christmas cheer Dec. 14, by handing out candy canes to patients, visitors and employees entering the hospital.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in computed tomography (CT) as the result of an extensive review by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

KEYSER, WV - Potomac Valley Hospital was recently recognized as a Center of Excellence for Orthopedic Care by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals.