dbeard@domininonpost.com MORGANTOWN – The years-long effort to repeal the Certificate of Need process for healthcare facilities and equipment took a blow on Feb. 24, but not a fatal blow, according […]
Healthcare
State Senate considers bill to allow pharmacists to write prescriptions under certain conditions
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia pharmacists could be granted a limited authority to write prescriptions under a bill working its way through the state Senate. The Senate Government Organization Committee gave […]
Local health systems oppose repeal of Certificate of Need
MORGANTOWN – The years-long effort to repeal the Certificate of Need process for health care facilities and equipment took a blow Feb. 24, but not a fatal one, according to […]
Case of former Hopemont Hospital nurse assistant accused in resident’s scalding death goes to Preston County grand jury
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Dominion Post reporter David Beard is not related to Kylah Beard, the defendant in this case. dbeard@domininopost.com KINGWOOD – The case of a former Hopemont Hospital certified […]
House passes bill to ban certain synthetic food dyes and preservatives
dbeard@domininopost.com MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved on Friday a bill to ban certain food preservatives and synthetic dyes. The vote to pass HB 2354 was 93-5. It […]
Clear Mountain Bank delivers care packages to Mon Health cancer patients
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Representatives from Clear Mountain Bank came to Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center’s Zelda Stein Weiss Cancer Center Wednesday morning to deliver care packages to patients there. Carmen […]
WVU RNI performs first in-human stroke treatment using new catheter system
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – In the ever-evolving quest to improve treatment for stroke victims, WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently performed the first in-human procedure using a new technology to treat strokes […]
WVU Medicine Children’s Gala raises funds for new 10th floor clinic
MORGANTOWN – The event center at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place turned into a jungle Saturday evening. A life-size elephant sculpture greeting the people entering the lobby – men […]
House food dye ban bill advances, heads for passage; two preservatives added
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates will take up a bill to ban a handful of synthetic dyes from foods sold in West Virginia starting Monday. Current code bans added […]
House committee ponders bill to ban synthetic dyes from foods
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates Health Committee spent two hours on Tuesday hearing the pros and cons of a bill to ban a handful of synthetic dyes from foods […]
