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CHARLESTON, WV - I’m just an ordinary mom to three beautiful children, but raising our second child, Winnie, has taken me on an extraordinary journey.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) officially cut the ribbon today (March 3) on a new, state-of-the-art Neuro Procedural Suite (NPS) for patients receiving monoclonal antibody (MAB) infusion therapy as treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders.

CHARLESTON, WV - More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates — even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute and the West Virginia Mountains of Hope State Cancer Coalition have joined together to promote Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March and, specifically, Dress in Blue Day on March 7 to help underscore the importance of colorectal cancer screening in the Mountain State.  

HUNTINGTON, WV - Shannon Browning, RPh, MD, has been named chief medical information officer (CMIO) for Marshall Health Network (MHN).

WHEELING, WV - Douglass Harrison, regional president of WVU Medicine, said the organization’s partnership with the Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend presented by WVU Medicine is a perfect one to promote the health system’s message of health and wellness throughout the Ohio Valley and beyond.

CHARLESTON, WV - On this West Virginia Week, we hear from homeless people in the southern coalfields and their advocates about the unique challenges of being unhoused in a rural community.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is proud to offer the following community events and screenings for the beginning of March.

CHARLESTON, WV - The House of Delegates has passed a bill banning several artificial dyes in school food.

MORGANTOWN, WV - March is National Kidney Month, and WVU Medicine is working to raise awareness of kidney disease and its prevalence in West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - With the 2025 60-day legislative session more than a quarter of the way complete, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Friday there is still time for some of his legislative priorities to make it over the finish line while accusing some lawmakers of not being team players.

PARKERSBURG, WV - The Camden Clark Foundation held the 2025 Women’s Healthy Heart Luncheon: Hearts in Bloom at the Parkersburg Art Center on Friday.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia officials are watching what could happen if a financial framework for the federal government makes major changes to Medicaid.

KEYSER, WV - Emily Solow, DO, FACOS, has joined the Potomac Valley Hospital (PVH) Department of Surgery as a general surgeon.

CHARLESTON, WV - I am a Star Trek nerd through and through, ever since I can remember.

PARKERSBURG, WV - As she watched her son graduate from West Virginia University, Becky Offenberger struggled to find a comfortable position in her Coliseum chair.

CLARKSBURG, WV - There could be some changes coming for West Virginians who are on Medicare and rely on telehealth services, as the program’s coverage faces a March 31 deadline unless Congress steps in.

FRANKLIN CO., KY - Late Wednesday, health officials with the Kentucky Department for Public Health and Franklin County Health Department announced a confirmed case of measles in an adult Kentucky resident.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are making strides toward passing a budget bill reflecting the policies and priorities of President Donald Trump.

CHARLESTON, WV - Members of the state House Health and Human Resources Committee did the right thing this week by voting down House Bill 2007, which would have repealed the certificate of need program that helps make quality healthcare accessible to all West Virginians.

CHARLESTON, WV - Lawmakers held a hearing this week on controversial legislation that would change West Virginia’s school-entry vaccination requirements to allow for religious and philosophical exemptions.

CHARLESTON, WV - Artificial food dyes would be banned in school meals according to a bill advancing in the West Virginia Senate.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health proudly announces the installation of new state-of-the-art infusion chairs at facilities across the state, thanks to a generous $150,000 donation from the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Endowment.

BLUEFIELD, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital unveiled its first investment for their new cancer care center.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Representatives from Clear Mountain Bank came to Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center’s Zelda Stein Weiss Cancer Center Wednesday morning to deliver care packages to patients there.

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is excited to announce the introduction of Outpatient Speech Therapy services for adult patients (ages 18 and older), led by MacKenzee A. Watson, M.S. CCC-SLP.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Your heart beating out of rhythm can be dangerous - or even deadly.

CHARLESTON, WV - As a mom of school-aged children, I understand firsthand the importance of protecting our kids from preventable diseases.

PARKERSBURG, WV - The face of the county is changing as Wood County opened a new 911 Center, had construction finished on the new Wood County Resiliency Center and is facilitating a move for the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Health Department.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginians deserve to know the truth about our state’s Medicaid program.