CHARLESTON — PEIA’s Finance Board is going around the state for conversations about what many public employees will likely consider bad news, a 10% premium increase for the coming year. […]
Health and Sciences
USDA head tours new WIC office in Fairmont
Funding, transportation issues for clients and ways Monongalia County Health Department’s WIC program staff members have conducted outreach in order to connect with eligible participants were some of the topics […]
Mon Health Ball of the Year raises $500K for the Caring Cottages
Submitted to The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN – The Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary raised more than $500,000 at its 59th Annual Ball of the Year on Saturday. The money will […]
West Virginia organization performs reconstructive surgeries in Haiti amid national conflict
Last month, a team of West Virginia medical professionals traveled to conflict-ridden Haiti with a mission to perform surgeries that would change lives, tackling a lengthy country-wide waitlist and inspiring […]
Mon Health moves forward with cutting-edge Intuitive Hub for robotic surgery
MORGANTOWN — Mon Health Medical Center continues to push the cutting-edge of robotic surgery with the employment of the Intuitive robotic surgery hub. Mon Health is one of fewer than […]
Raleigh County deputy claims negligence following surgical procedure
A lawsuit filed in Monongalia County Circuit Court alleges doctors and medical staff at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital did not provide an appropriate level of care during a 2021 spinal […]
Intermed’s Fingy3D shines at international competition and groundbreaking prosthetic thumb; grant offers free Fingys to WV residents
MORGANTOWN – 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. […]
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announces federal grants for WVU Medicine and Health Sciences
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced this week federal grants to support eight projects at WVU Hospitals, including WVU Medicine Children’s, WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, and an award for […]
MCHD Smile Express expands dental outreach to recovery center patients
On a late August morning, Jamie Fenton had the opportunity to cross something off his list that he had not done in a long time — sit in a dental […]
Mon Health System brings advanced prostate cancer immunotherapy to West Virginia
MORGANTOWN – Mon Health System has begun offering a specialized prostate cancer immunotherapy treatment not available anywhere else in the state, and its first patient has just completed his treatment. […]
