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WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital officially opened its St. Clairsville Rehabilitation Services facility.

WHEELING, WV - Next Thursday, residents all across the area will walk to bring awareness to heart disease, the #1 leading cause of death in the U.S.

MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health’s annual Health Fair has a brand-new name, a new location, and a reimagined guest experience!

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital recognizes Malnutrition Awareness Week September 16 through 20.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Beth Carlson, WVU Medicine's vice president of revenue cycle, described the Morgantown, W.Va.-based system's approach to payer denials with two words "fail fast."

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Some states and hospital systems have updated their policies on drug testing for pregnant women and newborns, aiming to better support patients’ treatment and recovery from substance use disorder and combat racial disparities in testing and reporting.

CHARLESTON, WV - With a deadline that isn’t until early next month, the West Virginia First Foundation already has significant interest for an initial round of grants meant to help the state combat the effects of drug addiction.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Democratic candidate for governor said today that he would support legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s patients are hitting the highway for Bristol Motor Speedway to watch AM Racing’s Christian Rose.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary is collaborating with the Skin Cancer Foundation to provide free skin cancer screenings in Morgantown on Saturday, Sept. 21 on the Destination Healthy Skin bus.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Jaschar Shakuri-Rad, Urologist, Medical Director of Robotic Surgery, Medical Director of Medical Specialties, and Master Robotic Surgeon, performed his 100th urologic single port procedure using the da Vinci Single Port (SP) system by Intuitive.

CLARKSBURG, WV - Healthy Minds-Clarksburg, part of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, is leading Harrison County’s efforts on Save a Life Day 2024, the nation’s largest free naloxone distribution event.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Ticket sales end Thursday for the Vegas-themed gala of the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley scheduled from 5-8 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Parkersburg Art Center.

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

RIPLEY, WV - An introduction and a presentation bookended the Ripley City Council meeting on September 17.

CHARLESTON, WV - Stakeholders of the West Virginia First Foundation convened virtually Tuesday to discuss their next steps as the nonprofit organization works toward its first grant awards from opioid settlement funds.

CHARLESTON, WV - This Sept. 26, people in Kanawha County are coming together to save lives by taking part in Save a Life Day — a national day of free naloxone events.

ELKINS, WV - Vandalia Health’s Davis Health System celebrated two new collaborative initiatives to bring specialized cardiology and telemedicine programs close to home for patients across the region at a ribbon-cutting celebration Tuesday.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The penultimate ARCA Menards Series short track race of the year at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway will feature a fiery new paint scheme with AM Racing and driver Christian Rose partnering with WVU Medicine Children’s for Thursday night’s Bush’s Bean 200.

CHARLESTON, WV - One of CAMC’s core values is “service with compassion.”

CLARKSBURG, WV - West Virginia is one of 32 states participating in the nationwide Save a Life Day coming up on September 26th.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Coaches, athletic directors, administrators and medical professionals gathered on Thursday at the Charleston Coliseum theater to discuss concussions, including how to identify and treat them.

WILLIAMSON, WV - The newly renovated Williamson Memorial Hospital has now received a license from the West Virginia Office of Health Facility Licensure & Certification, which will allow the facility to operate a 76-bed general hospital.

WELCH, WV - Uncertainty still remains for Welch Community Hospital after last week it was announced by the Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health Facilities, Michael Caruso, that the operating room at Welch Community Hospital would close.

CHARLESTON, WV - Obesity in the U.S., especially here in the Mountain State is a growing yet troubling trend.

CHARLESTON, WV - An annual naloxone distribution event that started in 2020 with two West Virginia counties will expand to more than 30 states when it’s held this year on Sept. 26, but a co-founder of the event is most hopeful about what will happen in the days after that.

WHEELING, WV - A local doctor was recently recognized on a national level for her work.

MORGANTOWN, WV - This week is National Child Passenger Safety Week, and to honor the occasion, a representative of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program visited Morgantown Monday to present an award to a local hospital employee.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Golfers stepped onto the green Monday to take a swing for a good cause – Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.

BECKLEY, WV - Beckley ARH Hospital will host “Breast Friends,” a lunch and learn honoring breast cancer survivors, Oct. 29 at Historic Black Knight Municipal Park.