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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 agency, which features a unique and innovative design.  The new ambulance, manufactured by Road Rescue in Orlando, Florida, ...

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 November that year. Now there are eight in Monongalia County, and 2,162 ...

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 was wondering last week. After all, said Abbott, who is the department’s program manager for infection ...

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 to receive greater emergency care with an increased likelihood of positive outcomes for ...