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CHARLESTON, WV - Data show that, in recent years, between 1,000 and 1,200 abortions were performed annually in West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - The 10th annual Southern West Virginia Toy Ride rolled into Charleston on Dec. 16, 2023, providing new gifts to CAMC Women and Children's Hospital that will be distributed to pediatric patients at the hospital throughout the year.

PRINCETON, WV - Three new medical providers are now available at primary care clinics in the WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital network.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - Fifteen local nursing students receive up to $25,000 each to support life expenses.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine, based in Morgantown, W.V., has promoted seven executives across its enterprise.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Nine West Virginia University at Parkersburg nursing students are getting help funding their education thanks to a scholarship from Camden Clark Medical Center.

WHEELING, WV - You never know when, where, or how you’re going to have to spring into action in a time of need and doctors are some of the first people on the frontlines.

PETERSBURG, WV - As the new year approaches, the American Cancer Society Action Network is urging West Virginia legislators to invest $16.5 million in tobacco use cessation and prevention programs in the next state budget.

CHARLESTON, WV - Data show that in recent years between 1,000 and 1,200 abortions were performed annually in West Virginia.

KEYSER, WV - Enrollment is now open for the new Licensed Practical Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program offered by West Virginia University School of Nursing at WVU’s Potomac State College.

CHARLESTON, WV - Nearly $4 million in federal funding has been awarded to West Virginia healthcare services.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Intermed Labs teamed with Marshall Health, West Virginia Junior College and Mon Health on Friday to test an innovative medical device aimed at making upper endoscopy procedures safer and easier.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia University Medicine announced Thursday that Advanced Practice Professionals (APPs) will have a new opportunity to train within the WVU Department of Urology and WVU Medicine early next year.

CHARLESTON, WV - A local dance studio is helping to spread Christmas cheer, to those spending the holidays in the pediatric unit at CAMC in Charleston.

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).

MORGANTOWN, WV - Abigail Crawford, A.P.R.N., F.N.P.-B.C., chief telemedicine advanced practice provider for WVU Medicine Children’s in Martinsburg, has been appointed to the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) new Clinician Council to address barriers to the broad adoption of telehealth and virtual care delivery, including emerging platforms that support technology-enabled healthcare.

WHITE HALL, WV - On Thursday, December 14, Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital celebrated its second anniversary.

PARKERSBURG, WV - An area physician received recognition for her work with students from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Emily Shreve, clinical nutrition manager at United Hospital Center, talks about achieving a healthy holiday lifestyle.

MARTINSBURG, WV - The Tall Cedars of Lebanon Shenandoah Forest No. 150 on Thursday evening, presented a basket of stuffed bears to Jay Sine, acting director of Women and Children’s Services with West Virginia University Medicine.

CLARKSBURG, WV - Health trends are now returning to what they were in the pre-pandemic era, according to officials.

MORGANTOWN, WV - As West Virginia continues to seek ways to make sure there is an adequate nursing workforce to care for the state’s aging citizens, credit goes to the WVU Medicine Aspiring Nurse Program, which helps to provide day-to-day life expenses to students working toward their nursing degree.

PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital’s president and CEO, Karen Bowling says she’s working with health and legislative leaders across the state in an effort to help healthcare workers in the next legislative session.

HUNTINGTON, WV - They’re not on the picket line just yet but SEIU representatives are once again negotiating a new contract for workers at Cabell Huntington Hospital.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s now has a new tool to better diagnose patients.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute announced that it is the first center in West Virginia to enroll patients in the RESPONDER-HF trial evaluating the effectiveness of the Corvia® Atrial Shunt, an investigational cardiac implant designed to address the frequent hospitalizations and symptoms that limit quality of life in people suffering from heart failure.

CHARLESTON, WV - Dr. J. Gregory Rosencrance was elected to the Maier Foundation Board of Directors at its annual meeting held on Dec. 8.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Advanced practice professionals (APPs) now have a unique opportunity to train within the WVU Department of Urology and WVU Medicine thanks to a first-of-its-kind fellowship program in West Virginia that will launch early next year.

MORGANTOWN, WV - In 2022, Mon Health System established the Heart of the Holidays program, created to assist employees who may be experiencing financial hardship during the holiday season.

CHARLESTON, WV - The looming breakup into three agencies of the Department of Health and Human Resources prompted questions this week about whether the current strategy for the agency’s division is disproportionately weighted at the top.