KINGWOOD — A discussion about a training facility for fire departments and an emergency funding request by KAMP Ambulance for its south station were the two main topics of discussion […]
Healthcare
Fish fry continues to support cancer survivors
Started a dozen years ago, the annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry continues to raise money to support cancer services as well as the Remember the Miners Scholars Program. This year, […]
State’s first naxolone vending machine relocated to Wise Path
West Virginia Sober Living (WVSL), in collaboration with Monongalia CountyHealth Department’s Quick Response Team (QRT) and Wise Path Recovery Center, has relocated the state’s only naloxone (commonly called Narcan) vending […]
Obesity linked to long COVID — West Virginia leads the U.S. in both
MORGANTOWN — In West Virginia, 10.6% of the respondents questioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported suffering symptoms of long COVID, also known as post-COVID. That leads […]
McQuain Trust gives WVU Medicine $50 million to begin work to create new cancer hospital in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN – The Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust has planted a $50 million seed that will grow into a $500 million Hazel Ruby McQuain Comprehensive Cancer Hospital, the Trust and […]
Take a tour of WVU Medicine’s planned Center for Nursing Education at the former Mylan plant
MORGANTOWN – The maze of antiseptic, blue-tiled hallways and sterile white labs and pill-making chambers at the back end of the former Mylan plant will late next year be a […]
North Preston Health Fair set for April 20
West Virginia Caring invites the community to attend the North Preston Health Fair from 7-10 a.m. April 20 at the Bruceton Volunteer Fire Department in Bruceton Mills. This health fair […]
Intermed Labs marks grand opening of new HQ with ribbon-cutting ceremony
MORGANTOWN — Intermed Labs — the Morgantown-based medical technology startup studio — celebrated the grand opening of its headquarters at the WVU Innovation Corp. building with a Wednesday ribbon-cutting ceremony. […]
WVU Medicine announces partnership with Interwell Health in move to improve care for kidney disease patients
MORGANTOWN – WVU Medicine has entered into a partnership with Interwell Health – a national health management company focused on kidney disease care – with the aim of improving care […]
State residents may receive additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine
The West Virginia Department of Health is informing all West Virginians ages 65 and older they are eligible for an additional dose of the updated COVID-19 vaccine, following the Centers […]
