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PETERSBURG, WV - Grant County Community Educational Outreach Service (CEOS) members held their annual breast cancer wreath hanging ceremony Oct. 10 at the Grant-Moomau Public Library in Petersburg.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Award-winning posters at ACC Quality Summit 2023, held Oct. 11-13 in Orlando, FL, investigated the use of a double fluoroscopy method and unique access and closure protocol in patients undergoing TAVR; uptake in guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF); and the impact of the iodinated contrast shortage on incidence of contrast-associated acute kidney injury (AKI).

WASHINGTON D.C. - More than 1.9 million people are estimated to develop new cancer cases and more than 609,000 are estimated to die of cancer in 2023, according to estimates compiled by the American Cancer Society.

WASHINGTON D.C. - More than $500 million has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to advance the development of potential COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine’s Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center held its 12th annual Night of Recognition Thursday evening, highlighting both the lifesaving works that the organization’s hundreds of employees do and the indomitable spirit of the patients they save.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Friends of WVU Hospitals held its annual golf tournament on Sept. 13 at the Pines Country Club.

VIENNA, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s second annual Gala in Parkersburg raised money to support area families.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is recognized every September with the goal of increasing awareness of those affected by childhood cancer.

HUNTINGTON, WV - The Cabell and Wayne County, West Virginia, Local Emergency Response Planning Committee (LEPC), in partnership with Marshall University, will host a full-scale community response exercise from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Marshall’s Joan C. Edwards Stadium and Cabell Huntington Hospital’s Emergency Department.

PRINCETON, WV - Princeton Community Hospital, in collaboration with the Karen Preservati Center and Rotary International, will be hosting a community health fair.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Fairmont native and Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton continues what her family calls a “day-to-day” battle against a rare form of pneumonia and Mon Health System Emergency Medicine Director Dr. Chris Edwards says recovery will be a long process.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute hosted the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) regional fall meeting for the Virginias Vascular Study Group (VVSG) on Wednesday (Oct. 11).

BRIDGEPORT, WV - The United Hospital Center (UHC) held their second annual Oktoberfest basket pick-up event on Friday at the Mountaineer Medical Building on the UHC campus.

PRINCETON, WV - Regular checkups leading to early detection were emphasized Thursday by two generations of women preparing a special event for this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute hosted the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) regional fall meeting for the Virginias Vascular Study Group (VVSG) on Wednesday (Oct. 11).

BRIDGEPORT, WV - The newest member of the WVU Medicine United Hospital Center staff is general surgeon Dr. Young Mee Choi, M.D., MPH.

HUNTINGTON, WV - To raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer and the importance of early detection, Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH) and St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC) have scheduled a number of activities throughout the month of October.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Congressman David McKinley (ret.), along with U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelly Moore Capito, secured $580,000 in federal appropriations to construct the new facility. This invaluable support was instrumental in ensuring that patients in rural West Virginia receive quality, close-to-home cancer care.

PRINCETON, WV - A family wants to bring awareness to the genetic disease that has affected multiple loved ones.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine’s Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center held its 12th annual Night of Recognition Thursday evening, highlighting both the lifesaving works that the organization’s hundreds of employees do and the indomitable spirit of the patients they save.

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital recognizes Sterile Processing Week, October 8-14.

CHARLESTON, WV - More than $33 million in federal funding was awarded to the Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) to enhance mental health and substance use prevention services for West Virginians.

MORGANTOWN, WV - In conjunction with the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, West Virginia University Cancer Institute staff members work with primary care clinics, employers and partners to increase breast and cervical cancer screenings in the community.

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Rotary Club of Buckhannon-Upshur will hold blood screenings on Saturdays on Saturday, Oct. 28 and Nov. 11 at the hospital.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH) and St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), members of Marshall Health Network (MHN), have been recognized by Donate Life West Virginia for their commitment to educate employees and the community about the crucial need for organ, eye and tissue donation.

KINGWOOD, WV - Cancer patients in Preston County are catching a much-needed break when it comes to getting treatment as they now have the option to get care just a little bit closer to home.

CHARLESTON, WV - Nearly 30,000 doses of the life-saving medicine naloxone were recently distributed to community organizations and individuals across the state, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Bureau for Behavioral Health and the West Virginia Department of Human Resources was awarded federal funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

CLARKSBURG, WV - State lawmakers will head to Charleston this weekend for the start of October’s interim meetings of the Legislature.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Perhaps it was inevitable that Mountain Health Network — the parent organization of St. Mary’s Medical Center and Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington and Rivers Health, formerly Pleasant Valley Hospital, in Point Pleasant, West Virginia — would re-brand itself under the Marshall Health System name.