WVU Today Dr. Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, associate chair of surgery for cancer services, was named permanent director of the WVU Cancer Institute after having served in the position on an interim […]
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Local nurse dies from COVID-19 complications
Jeannette Williams Parker, a WVU Medicine nurse at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, who tested positive for COVID-19, died Wednesday, Sept. 30 from virus complications. Parker’s death was publicly […]
Still no word on Mon bars reopening as county stays green for a week
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County has been green for a week on the state County Alert System map. With that in mind, The Dominion Post on Monday asked Gov. Jim Justice […]
Study: Emergency contraception harder to get at smaller pharmacies
WVU Today About 22 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 report having used emergency contraception. But even though the Food and Drug Administration approved levonorgestrel — […]
Doctor advises asthma patients to wear masks
Face coverings protect from COVID and other viruses Newsroom@DominionPost.com Patients with asthma and chronic illnesses may not be at a higher risk of acquiring COVID-19, but WVU Medicine physicians are […]
Former director’s $50K gift boosts research at WVU Cancer Institute
WVU Today Research efforts aimed at improving cancer care for patients in West Virginia and beyond will be boosted by a gift from the former director of the West Virginia […]
System 6% above budget by June
Expansion continues, no employees needed to be furloughed COVID-19 has not been kind to Mon Health, but the Morgantown health care system through prudent financial planning and some belt-tightening measures, […]
EMS across West Virginia face challenges
KINGWOOD — In the last decade, more than 70 ambulance services have closed across the state, according to the State Office of EMS. Chris Hall, executive director of the West […]
Justice proposes sanctions for teams that mutli-test to improve county test numbers; DHHR adds more info to county map
MORGANTOWN — Following several questions about whether some high school coaches are encouraging athletes and parents to get multiple COVID-19 tests to artificially improve their county numbers, Gov. Jim Justice […]
Valley HealthCare breaks ground on $7 million expansion
FAIRMONT – Valley HealthCare System announced plans for a $7 million, three-building expansion that will provide additional beds for its addiction treatment programs it has been running out of Fairmont […]
