MORGANTOWN — Viatris shareholders gave their approval to the pay structures for five executive officers during their recent annual meeting. Shareholders also approved reelection of four board members and rejected […]
Health and Sciences
Gov. Justice: DHHR Secretary Bill Crouch to retire at year’s end; WVU’s Jeff Coben named as interim
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced on Monday morning that Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch will retire effective Dec. 31. Justice made the virtual announcement from […]
Campaign aims to help low-income W.Va. children access health insurance
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK A new outreach campaign in West Virginia aims to help low-income families obtain and maintain health insurance coverage for their children. The campaign, Connecting Kids to Coverage […]
Justice discusses belated revelation of proclamation ending state COVID emergency effective Jan. 1
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice issued a proclamation to end the pandemic state of emergency back on Nov. 12, but never announced it, so the public didn’t know until a […]
AG Morrisey provides progress report on Medicaid Fraud Control Unit transferred to his office in 2019
MORGANTOWN — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey offered a first look at the work of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that was transferred to his office in 2019. During a virtual […]
Justice and team urge boosters as BQ variants arrive and death toll tops 5 county populations; Justice muses on U.S. Senate run
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice briefly addressed his thoughts on running for U.S. Senate during Tuesday’s COVID briefing. But it was a COVID briefing and before the press dove into […]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Event
The WVU Cancer Institute marked World Pancreatic Cancer Day with a special awareness event Thursday at WVU’s Health Sciences Center. According to pancreatic.org, estimated 62,210 Americans will be diagnosed with […]
Emergency responders not playing games when it comes to radiation
Local emergency responders and public health personnel won’t be playing games in the event of a radiation emergency in the area thanks to a newly designed program by the Center […]
A talk with Clay Marsh on COVID confusion and status of the pandemic
MORGANTOWN – COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh weighed in recently about COVID confusion and COVID fatigue and what we need to keep in mind as it moves from the forefront of […]
Laurel College of Technology celebrates first associate degree nursing class during pinning ceremony
MORGANTOWN – Laurel College of Technology celebrated its first graduating class and pinning ceremony for its Associate Degree in Nursing program Thursday night. On a night of firsts, it was […]
