MORGANTOWN – Groundbreaking pharmaceutical firm Yunigen welcomed a high-ranking Kenyan official to its R&D and manufacturing facility inside WVU Innovation Corp. on Friday. Yungen leaders led Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, Prime […]
Health and Sciences
Mon EMS ambulance draws crowds at Vegas convention
Monongalia Emergency Medical Services (Mon EMS) got a lot of attention last week at the 2024 World EMS Expo in Las Vegas thanks to a new ambulance built for the […]
WVU Van Liere conference celebrates health sciences research and its benefits for the public
MORGANTOWN — Health sciences researchers and students gathered at WVU’s Erickson Alumni Center on Monday to celebrate their work and what it means for the state. It was the second […]
A look at the growth of West Virginia’s medical cannabis industry
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s medical cannabis program continues to grow. The legislation enabling the program passed in 2017, but nothing really got rolling until 2022. Morgantown’s first dispensary opened in […]
Health officials and COVID: Be cognizant and considerate
Will this past weekend in north-central West Virginia be the one that turns out to be a super-spreader for COVID? That’s what Ed Abbott of the Monongalia County Health Department […]
West Virginia leads the country with new emergency blood transfusion program
Thanks to the West Virginia Department of Health’s (DH) implementation of a new program outlining protocols for whole blood transfusions on ambulances across the state, West Virginians will be able […]
Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital makes list of nation’s best for emergency department wait times
MORGANTOWN — Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital in White Hall was named on a Becker’s Hospital Review list of the 12 best hospitals in the nation for short emergency department […]
Coach Huggins presents $380K check to Mon Health Cancer Center
MORGANTOWN — College Basketball Hall of Famer and former WVU Coach Bob Huggins came to Mon Health Medical Center Thursday morning to present a $380,000 check to support cancer care […]
DHHR emphasizes vaccine requirements for school year in light of recent measles case
According to Mayo Clinic, 1855 saw the first-ever vaccination requirement for students attending public schools in Massachusetts, and other states soon followed with their own vaccine mandates. At the time, […]
Intermed and Marshall Health surgeon team to create Kneedle, to revolutionize detection of joint replacement infections
MORGANTOWN — Joint replacements can get infected, and detecting the infection can be hit and miss. Traditional methods can miss low-grade infections in up to 40% of cases, leading to […]
