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CHARLESTON, WV - CAMC surgeons are the first in West Virginia to offer groundbreaking techniques that could spare breast cancer patients unnecessary surgeries.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Marion County Rescue Squad made a donation Friday to the Mon Health Medical Center Foundation to support breast cancer awareness.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute today 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.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute study into a “smart pill” that would identify the cause of a possible drug overdose is ready for the next phase of human trials.

CLARKSBURG, WV - Harrison County is home to many charitable organizations that are in need of both donations and volunteers this holiday season.

MARTINSBURG, WV - Berkeley & Jefferson Community Outreach for Resources and Education (CORE) will host a free Narcan training and distribution event and a community blanket drive as part of Giving Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m at locations in both counties.

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

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

FAIRMONT, WV - WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center will host an American Red Cross blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute today 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.

ELKINS, WV - Davis Health System is happy to welcome Dr. Ebba Ebba to its Davis Medical Center (DMC) Pediatric team.

WASHINGTON, DC - Medicare Advantage insurers are already finding ways to skirt new federal regulations designed to ease beneficiary access to medical care, according to the American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals.

WASHINGTON, DC - Several states are experiencing increases in deaths related to COVID-19 as the holidays approach and this year’s respiratory viral season sets in.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Biden administration is offering a second round of free COVID-19 tests through the mail ahead of a potential winter increase in cases.

ELKINS, WV - Davis Medical Center welcomes Rev. Dr. Danny Franke as an Associate Staff Chaplain.

PRINCETON, WV - Two nurses at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital (PCH) were recently honored for providing outstanding, compassionate care to patients. Taylor Allison, RN, and Courtney Moore, RN, BSN, received The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.

MADISON, WV - With Thanksgiving only a few days away now, communities are coming together to make sure people will have a nice meal.

WASHINGTON, DC - More than a third of Americans say they are worried that they or one of their family members will contract a seasonal respiratory virus like the flu, COVID-19 or RSV in the coming months, though vaccine enthusiasm appears to be middling at best.

MORGANTOWN, WV - In a potential breakthrough for those suffering with opioid use disorder (OUD), the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) announced a first-in-human study using an innovative smart pill technology to measure and monitor vital signs that can help identify early indications of an overdose.

WHEELING, WV - If one looks around the hospitals throughout the state of West Virginia, they’ll find multiple graduates of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in their ranks, WVSOM President James Nemitz said.

PHILIPPI, WV - Kathy Wilson, RN, BSN, recently passed the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality exam.

WASHINGTON, DC - Healthcare is grappling with one of the most challenging years for cybersecurity on record, so health system C-suite executives are making data security solutions a budget priority.

CHARLESTON, WV - A state official has reaffirmed his agency’s commitment to patients at William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital in Lewis County and outlined future action in response to “recent issues with contract staff violating policies” there.

CHARLESTON, WV - Several different applesauce types and brands were recalled last week for increased lead levels, and now the state is urging parents and caretakers to get children tested if they might have ingested the products.

CHARLESTON, WV - Since January 2018, the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health has been monitoring increased diagnoses of HIV across the state, especially among people who inject drugs.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Highmark Health Options of West Virginia (HHOWV), a subsidiary of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia (Highmark), and the West Virginia University (WVU) Health System have signed a new, multi-year network provider contract in anticipation of HHOWV’s participation in the West Virginia Medicaid program.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate climbed two-tenths of a percentage point to 4% in October, according to WorkForce West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will now be able to serve the community’s health needs on the go.

WASHINGTON D.C. - For state fiscal year 2023, 29 states increased inpatient hospital Medicaid rates, 25 increased outpatient rates and 27 increased physician rates, according to data from KFF's annual State Medicaid Budget Surveys published in November.

BECKLEY, WV - Staff at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital celebrated a big achievement for their hospital on Thursday, November 16, 2023.