NewsScan
A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
12/27/2023 - Chicago Tribune by: Lisa M. Costello, MD, MPH, FAAP
CHARLESTON, WV - A question I commonly get from patients and friends is this: Should I get a COVID vaccine if I’m pregnant or want to become pregnant?
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12/27/2023 - WTOV by: Gianna Dapra
WHEELING, WV - Although there is no snow outside, it does not mean it is not coming.
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12/27/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Ashley Perham
CHARLESTON, WV - Dr. Hazem Ashhab grew up in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank in the Middle East.
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12/27/2023 - River Cities Tribune & Register by: Matt Harvey
POINT PLEASANT, WV - Keith Biddle, chief operating officer for Rivers Health, a member of Marshall Health Network, has announced his retirement from health care, effective mid-January.
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12/27/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - Cardiothoracic surgeons Nestor Dans, M.D., and Nathaniel Kister, M.D., are joining the WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
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12/27/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - The best weddings don’t have to be elaborate to be memorable. And lasting love comes easy to those who are committed to it.
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12/27/2023 - WVVA by: Kassidy Brown
PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital (PCH) announced that they have named a new director of Womens’ Services.
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12/27/2023 - WCHS by: Anna Saunders
CLAY, WV - It was May of 2022 and Katie Price had a whole summer ahead of her before her freshman year at Clay County High School.
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12/27/2023 - WVNews by: John Mark Shaver
BRIDGEPORT, WV - Dr. Carl T. Hasselman, a new orthopedic surgeon at WVU Medicine United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, recently performed the hospital’s first-ever full ankle replacement surgery, and he’s pleased to be bringing technology for higher-quality foot and ankle care to the region.
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12/27/2023 - WDTV by: Mark Hughes
PRINCETON, WV - Hospital workers in the two Virginias are competing to see who can make the best gingerbread house.
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12/27/2023 - WDTV by: Sadaf Nikzad
MORGANTOWN, WV - Hospitals can be scary and lonely for anyone, but especially for children.
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12/27/2023 - The Exponent Telegram
BRIDGEPORT, WV - The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists has awarded accreditation to WVU Medicine United Hospital Center Main Laboratory in Bridgeport based on results of a recent on-site inspection as part of the CAP’s accreditation programs.
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12/27/2023 - WVVA by: Charlie Booth
PRINCETON, WV - The TriForLife Birth Tissue Recovery Group has made a donation of $10,000 to the Princeton Community Hospital Foundation.
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12/22/2023 - West Virginia Watch by: Caity Coyne
CHARLESTON, WV - Amid ongoing staffing shortages in hospitals locally and nationwide, West Virginia State University will be launching a new nursing degree program next year.
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12/22/2023 - WSAZ
HUNTINGTON, WV - A free non-profit organization is helping West Virginians who are looking for health coverage.
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12/22/2023 - The Daily News-Record by: Tom Markland
MARTINSBURG, WV - While West Virginia remains one of the worst-ranked states for drug use and addiction, trends in drug use change quickly, especially recently, with a shift in popularity from "hard drugs" to pills resembling prescription medicine.
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12/22/2023 - Boone Memorial Health
MADISON, WV - This year-long program, which began in 2018, has been researched and certified by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control).
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12/21/2023 - WVNS by: Jessica Phillips
CHARLESTON, WV - Six behavioral health centers in West Virginia were given provisional status as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs).
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12/21/2023 - WTAP by: Chase Campbell
PARKERSBURG, WV - An analysis of death certificates from 1999 to 2020 links intravenous drug use to deaths caused by infective endocarditis.
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12/21/2023 - WTOV by: Gianna Dapra
OHIO COUNTY, WV - Heart health is not something most think of during the holidays – but it should be.
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12/21/2023 - CNN
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a coronavirus subvariant is now the fastest-growing strain of the virus.
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12/21/2023 - WDTV
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).
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12/20/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, WV - When it comes to getting a message out about rising respiratory virus rates, Dr. Steven Eshenaur thinks like a Boy Scout: Be prepared.
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12/20/2023 - WVNews by: Daisy Gibbons
CLARKSBURG, WV - Amid holiday travel and colder weather, hospitals are starting to see an influx of admissions related to respiratory illnesses.
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12/20/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Anna Falvey, Claire Wallace and Zoe McClain
WASHINGTON D.C. - Up-and-coming leaders at healthcare provider organizations are passionate about improving their establishments from within.
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12/20/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Marvell Adams Jr.
CHARLESTON, WV - People with serious illnesses or loved ones dealing with life-threatening diseases place a lot of their hope in what is commonly referred to as the drug development pipeline.
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12/20/2023 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - Ivar “Skip” Gjolberg, FACHE, president and chief executive officer of WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital, has been appointed as the West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) board chair for 2024.
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12/20/2023 - MetroNews by: Katherine Skeldon
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - A second cohort of aspiring nurses are being welcomed into a first-of-its-kind program in the state which helps support their life expenses while getting through school.
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12/19/2023 - WV Press Association
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA), representing 69 acute care and specialty hospitals and health systems in West Virginia, recently elected new officers and at-large members for 2024-2025.
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12/19/2023 - WV Press Association
CHARLESTON, WV - On March 6, 2023, Governor Jim Justice signed House Bill 2006, reorganizing the current West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) into three separate departments, effective January 1, 2024.
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