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MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health’s Digestive Care team provides a wide range of advanced digestive care services to patients across the region, offering minimal wait times and quick results.

LEXINGTON, KY - Appalachian Regional Healthcare has named Maggie Creech as Assistant Vice President of Employment Law.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been recognized by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Vascular Testing Accreditation Milestone Program for their years of consistent dedication to highest levels of quality.

CHARLESTON, WV - While the data is preliminary, West Virginia appears to be following a national trend in the drop of drug overdose deaths since its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHARLESTON, WV - Local health care providers say it’s time to add a new item to your to-do list as cold and flu season approaches: get vaccinated.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday evening to streamline Medicaid enrollment for pediatric providers that would also increase reporting requirements for certain 340B providers.

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

PARKERSBURG, WV - The Mid-Ohio Valley Medical Group at WVU Medicine Camden Clark will be the host site for a new, groundbreaking cancer screening in partnership with GRAIL LLC, the WVU Cancer Institute and the WVU Department of Family Medicine.

HUNTINGTON, WV - September is Suicide Prevention Month.

BECKLEY, WV - A record $311,000 was raised during this year’s “Dancing With the Stars” fundraiser, culminating Friday night with the competition itself at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Shingles comes from the same virus that causes chickenpox. Although there is no cure, it can be prevented and treated.

MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Barbour, Tucker, and Preston counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.

OHIO COUNTY, WV - A bid was placed at Monday's Ohio County Board of Education meeting for a possible health clinic to be added at Madison Elementary School.

WILLIAMSON, WV - Williamson Memorial Hospital is celebrating its recent reopening.

CHARLESTON, WV - As respiratory illnesses continue to evolve through the fall season, the West Virginia Department of Health (DH) is urging residents to remain vigilant against flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Becker's asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share the next steps in their technological journey.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Becker's has compiled a list of the hospitals with a CMS five-star rating for care transitions.

BUCKEYE, WV - Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., announced that $6 million in federal funding will be coming to the Pocahontas Memorial Hospital.

MORGANTOWN, WV - U.S. Sen. 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), announced 11 funding awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for health care education; facility construction, acquisitions and renovations; and treatment resources in West Virginia.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and the WVU School of Pharmacy are launching a Heart Failure Community Pharmacy-Provider Collaborative Care Network to improve heart failure care throughout the state.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary is pleased to announce its 60th Anniversary Ball of the Year in support of a million-dollar endowment fund for the Caring Cottage at Mon Health Medical Center, a patient-family stay house on the hospital’s campus.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute is part of a collaborative effort led by the Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center, along with six other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers to offer the Certificate in Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) Program, beginning this fall.

MADISON, WV - In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Boone Memorial Health is pleased to announce that routine mammogram screenings will again be offered half-price throughout the month of October for eligible patients.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Much has been stated about the protective nature of soft shell add-ons, such as guardian cap.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - WVU Medicine United Hospital Center held its Aspiring Nurse Signing Ceremony Friday afternoon, celebrating the 17 nursing students joining the program.

MOUNDSVILLE, WV - 7News had a visit on Thursday from a remarkable little boy with a big smile and boundless energy.

CHARLESTON, WV - State officials today described a promising reduction in overdose fatalities across West Virginia, aligning with national trends.

WELCH, WV - Last week it was announced by the cabinet secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health Facilities, Michael Caruso, that the operating room at Welch Community Hospital would be closing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Becker's has compiled a list of the hospitals with a CMS five-star rating for quietness.

CHARLESTON, WV - If you have questions and concerns about health care coverage options in the Mountain State, this event is for you.