West Virginia passed another bleak milestone Monday, surpassing 6,000 COVID-19 deaths in the state. Justice read an additional 31 victims at the start of Monday’s briefing, bringing the toll to […]
Health and Sciences
Rockefeller Institute first in the U.S. to enroll patient in stroke trial
BY WVU MEDICINE The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute was the first institution in the United States to enroll a patient in the Route92 Medical Inc. SUMMIT MAX clinical trial. SUMMIT […]
Legislators pass bills dealing with state Rainy Day Fund and Board of Sanitarians
MORGANTOWN – The House and Senate churned through a series of mostly off-the-radar bills on Wednesday; the bill that generated just about the most debate was one to eliminate the […]
WVU Medicine’s cardio-oncology program receives international recognition as Gold Center of Excellence
MORGANTOWN – WVU Medicine has gained international recognition for its pioneering program in a relatively new and little known field: cardio-oncology. The Heart and Vascular Institute’s cardio-oncology program has been […]
Health Dept. urges vaccinations, boosters
KINGWOOD — COVID cases are beginning to decline in Preston County as the delta variant transitions to omicron — but staffing and equipment problems caused by the virus still exist. […]
About 40 children braved the weather for their free checkups
If it’s the first Friday in February and snowing (or sleeting or both), it must be Give Kids a Smile! at Monongalia County Health Department. However, the bad weather did […]
Go Red For Women observed throughout Mon Health System
February is Heart Month, and Mon Health System employees are participating in activities to raise awareness of cardiac issues, especially in women. For more than a decade, Mon Health hospitals […]
Marion legislators oppose bill and DHHR plan to close John Manchin Health Center in Fairmont
MORGANTOWN – Marion County’s three delegates and state senators said in a Tuesday press release that they oppose HB 4365, to close three of the state’s four long-term care hospitals, […]
Three Mon County Democrats present bills to repeal abortion restrictions enacted in recent years
MORGANTOWN – Three Monongalia County Democratic legislators are introducing bills to repeal various abortion restrictions enacted in recent years. They announced their bills at a Monday press conference at the […]
Residents admitted for COVID reach pandemic high
As the state’s COVID-19 team has warned was likely in the last several briefings, West Virginia has officially hit its highest number of residents hospitalized with the virus to date […]
