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

CHARLESTON, WV - A cohort of aspiring nurses are putting their pens to paper and getting a reward of up to $25,000 dollars in exchange for a three-year work commitment in the field.

BUCKHANNON, WV - Kelly Povroznik, Director of Food and Nutrition Services at WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital, has earned certification as an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner, bringing advanced holistic nutrition expertise to her patients and community.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Officials from the National Weather Service (NWS) recognized WVU Hospitals (WVUH) for achieving StormReady certification, which underscores WVUH’s commitment to safety through robust emergency planning, comprehensive staff training, and advanced disaster readiness protocols.

WASHINGTON, DC - Nationwide, hospitals and pharmacies are seeing ongoing shortages of medications including some anesthetics, antibiotics, opioids and chronic disease treatments, FDA data shows.

WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Republicans say they are looking for ways to safeguard rural hospitals from proposed cuts to a key Medicaid funding method, amid concerns from the powerful hospital lobby and others that the budget reconciliation bill could force many facilities to close.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the U.S., 514 hospitals have a catheter associated urinary tract infection rate of zero, as based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS.

CHARLESTON, WV - On this West Virginia Morning, an update on devastating floods in the northern part of the state and a preview of a new documentary on caregiving with a look at its impact in West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - WVU Thomas Hospitals welcomed its fifth cohort of nursing students from BridgeValley Community & Technical College Thursday morning as part of the WVU Medicine Aspiring Nurse Program.

CHARLESTON, WV - About one hundred people gathered on Charleston’s West Side Tuesday morning to rally against proposed federal Medicaid cuts.

PRINCETON, WV - The Daisy Award has seen its first Cath Lab winner at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital this year.

CHARLESTON, WV - As the U.S. Senate continues to debate the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill, several West Virginia organizations came together Tuesday to ask their representatives not to support cuts to health care and food assistance programs.

CHARLESTON, WV - Dr. Jade Gallimore is a board-certified general surgeon at Vandalia Health Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston. Originally from northeast Tennessee, she now calls West Virginia home.

CHARLESTON, WV - Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders of West Virginia for 2025.

MORGANTOWN, WV - While many people believe a migraine is simply a bad headache, migraine is actually a chronic neurological disease that goes far beyond head pain—and remains highly underdiagnosed in West Virginia.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Three-year-old Magnolia Pauley spent her earliest days in the Neonatal Therapeutic Unit at Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.

CHARLESTON, WV - Phillip Pifer, M.D., Ph.D., is a board-certified radiation oncologist at the WVU Cancer Institute, where he specializes in treating lung and gynecologic cancers.

CHARLESTON, WV - Phillip West, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., C.T.T., is the manager of Healthy Minds outpatient behavioral health clinics within the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and the WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry in Morgantown.

CHARLESTON, WV - Vikrant Siva Jagadeesan, M.D., F.A.C.C, is a board-certified interventional cardiologist and assistant professor of medicine at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute.

CHARLESTON, WV - Michaela Dolde, assistant vice president of operations at WVU Medicine Children’s, joined WVU Medicine six years ago.

CHARLESTON, WV - Every day, I work on the frontlines of the addiction and overdose crisis here in Charleston, a crisis that has hit West Virginia harder than any other state in the nation.

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Evelyn McGee, MBA, as the new Director of Ancillary Services & Ambulatory Clinics.

CHARLESTON, WV - A coalition of West Virginians urged the state’s senators to just say no to changes to federally funded medical and food support.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Staff and administrators gathered on Friday, June 13, to celebrate the first anniversary of the WVU Medicine Outpatient Rehabilitation Center at University Town Centre, which officially marked one year in operation on June 3.

BECKLEY, WV - Raleigh General Hospital is being recognized nationally for its efforts in advanced wound care.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Cancer Center has received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Through a collaborative partnership, WVU School of Nursing graduate-level students are working with administrators at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital to identify clinical opportunities for improvement, implement evidence-based solutions and enhance patient outcomes.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Ali Hajiran, M.D., chief of Urologic Oncology and director of Robotic Surgery at the WVU Cancer Institute, has achieved a major career milestone — eclipsing 500 major robotic urologic cancer surgeries.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Memorial Health System’s lawsuit against West Virginia University Hospitals and WVU Medicine Camden Clark is moving forward again after a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Dr. William Wallace has been named medical director of perioperative services for Marshall Health Network (MHN).