NewsScan

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

MARTINSBURG, WV - The first minimally invasive Micra™ AV2 pacemaker implantation procedure was recently performed at WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center by Ajay Virmani, M.D., a cardiologist and medical director for the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute in Martinsburg.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Charleston Area Medical Center Health Education and Research Institute, Inc. will receive more than $3 million in federal grants, according to a news release from the office of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.

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

UNION CITY, PA - A Congressional Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus, co-chaired by U.S. Reps. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI), recently held a kick-off event marking its formal launch.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Hospitals and health systems should be on the lookout for data "time bombs" that could cause patient information to be destroyed by hackers, the American Hospital Association warned.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Only five states have 50 percent or more of its hospitals with state certification for readiness for pediatric emergencies, an investigation Oct. 1 by The Wall Street Journal found.

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital recognized the contributions of their Advanced Practice Providers (APP) during National Advanced Practice Provider Week September 25-29.

CHARLESTON, WV - This past September, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $185,348,729 in federal funding for the state of West Virginia.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health’s Progressing through Postpartum Program (P3) recently was awarded a $50,000 grant through the Highmark Bright Blue Futures Awards program.

POINT PLEASANT, WV - Micaela Owens, DO, Marshall Health neurologist and assistant professor at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has joined the medical staff at Rivers Health, a member of Marshall Health Network (MHN), and is now offering onsite neurology services.

MORGANTOWN, WV - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the WVU Cancer Institute is shedding light on an area of breast cancer treatment that many may not think about: reconstructive surgery after the cancer has been eliminated.

MORGANTOWN, WV - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the WVU Cancer Institute is shedding light on an area of breast cancer treatment that many may not think about: reconstructive surgery after the cancer has been eliminated.

TRIADELPHIA, WV - When one feels like giving up, like all hope is lost, sometimes a small word of encouragement and understanding can do wonders for the spirit.

MARSHALL COUNTY, WV - One therapy dog in the Ohio Valley is working overtime to ease people’s stress.

MORGANTOWN, WV - In the years that followed Sept. 11, 2001, the state of West Virginia disbursed assets worth millions of dollars to bolster the state’s ability to respond to disasters of all types.

HUNTINGTON, WV - New population data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show in 2022, 22 states, including West Virginia, had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%.

CHARLESTON, WV - We hear it time and again: West Virginia is the unhealthiest state in the country.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Since Todd Karpinski took on his first job as a fourteen-year-old pharmacy technician decades ago, a lot has changed.

MORGANTOWN, WV - On Oct. 14, 2023, we will celebrate the one-year anniversary opening of the state’s preeminent healthcare facility for kids — WVU Medicine Children’s in Morgantown.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine is the first in the state to offer a new pacemaker placement procedure for patients who suffer from sleep apnea and have not responded to other treatments.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Intermed Labs at Mon Health’s Fingy3D startup company continues to put West Virginia on the medical technology map with its 3D-printed prosthetic digits that can be ordered online.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Cabell Huntington Hospital officials confirmed the discovery of Legionella bacteria in a limited area of the hospital.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Mountain Health Network has appointed Nina Wallace to the position of manager of diversity, equity and inclusion.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - For more than 10 years, Dr. Adam J. Hansen has seen a lot of people who have been living for years in pain.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Miles for Migraine will host its fourth annual 5K run and two-mile walk to benefit the WVU Headache Center at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Hazel Ruby McQuain Park in Morgantown.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center today announced that it has received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute celebrated the 15-year anniversary of the ribbon-cutting that launched Bonnie’s Bus at the 2023 Pink Party, which raised a record $162,616 to support the mobile mammography unit.

WHEELING, WV - It is hard to believe that it has been nine-and-a-half years since I retired as president of the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - The arrival of fall brings colorful foliage to West Virginia and the second annual Oktoberfest to Bridgeport.