The number of stroke patients at eight rural hospitals — seven in West Virginia and one in Maryland — treated with medication to break up blood clots through WVU Medicine’s […]
Health and Sciences
Child, 5, dies from flu
MORGANTOWN — The flu claimed the life of a 5-year-old child Monday morning in the emergency room of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown and has led to the hospitalization […]
Nurse navigator at Mon Health to help moms during and after pregnancy
MORGANTOWN — One in nine mothers will experience a perinatal mood disorder such as postpartum depression following childbirth. And Mon Health Medical Center wants to help those moms through that […]
Mon Health to bring offices to I-79 tech park, south of Fairmont
MORGANTOWN — Mon Health System is expanding its primary care and introducing specialty medical services in the greater Fairmont area. The new offices will be right off Interstate 79, just […]
WVU Heart and Vascular Institute surgeons perform the first fully robotic aortic valve replacement in the northeastern U.S.
Another first for West Virginia University. Surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute performed a fully robotic aortic valve replacement operation, done through a small opening in a patient’s […]
Study links PFAS in water to tooth decay
Children with higher concentrations of a certain chemical in their blood are more likely to get cavities, according to a new study by West Virginia University School of Dentistry researchers. […]
Weather, flu outbreak force counties to close schools
Susan Haslebacher is washing her hands of the whole matter, and she wants you to do the same. Hand-washing, the health supervisor for Monongalia County Schools said, is one way […]
Ruby Memorial Hospital offers therapy dog services for patients
Nurse Rachel Childers was in the midst of discussing a patient’s chart, in an authoritative tone with lots of multi-syllabic medical terms, when it happened. Her voice shot up two […]
Four in Morgantown under precautionary coronavirus quarantine
MORGANTOWN — According to the Monongalia County Health Department, there are six individuals — including four in the Morgantown area — under a precautionary 14-day self quarantine in response to […]
Preston Memorial Hospital to host health fair Saturday
KINGWOOD — Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital will host a Health Fair from 8-11 a.m. Saturday at the Newburg Senior Center. Free screenings and other services offered will include blood […]
