MORGANTOWN – The maze of antiseptic, blue-tiled hallways and sterile white labs and pill-making chambers at the back end of the former Mylan plant will late next year be a warm and inviting school to train a new generation of nurses. The two leaders of the new WVU Medicine Center for ...
West Virginia Caring invites the community to attend the North Preston Health Fair from 7-10 a.m. April 20 at the Bruceton Volunteer Fire Department in Bruceton Mills. This health fair will provide an opportunity to take advantage of screenings and advice to assess their medical health and prevent illness. There will be a variety of screenings through a blood draw for low fees including: Multiphasic panel, $35; PSA, $23; CA 125, $16; B12 and folate $15; hemoglobin A1c, $16; thyroid panel (TSH, T3 and T4), $25; Vitamin D, $26; Hepatitis B & C, $10; testosterone, free; and total, ...
MORGANTOWN — Intermed Labs — the Morgantown-based medical technology startup studio — celebrated the grand opening of its headquarters at the WVU Innovation Corp. building with a Wednesday ribbon-cutting ceremony. “We are thrilled to officially open the doors of our new ...
MORGANTOWN – WVU Medicine has entered into a partnership with Interwell Health – a national health management company focused on kidney disease care – with the aim of improving care and lowering costs for patients, WVUM announced on Tuesday. Dr. Rebecca Schmidt, professor in WVU's ...
The West Virginia Department of Health is informing all West Virginians ages 65 and older they are eligible for an additional dose of the updated COVID-19 vaccine, following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recent recommendation. “As the data consistently shows, ...
KINGWOOD — The Quick Response Teams (QRT) program was again the topic of discussion at Thursday’s meeting of the Preston County Board of Health. Preston County is working to expand its Quick Response Team by finding funding to train more coaches. Currently, the county has only one coach. Dr. Fred Conley, county health officer, said the current coach works in the Preston Memorial Hospital Emergency Room. He said whenever someone overdoses and goes to the ER the team coach contacts the patient about rehabilitation programs. Conley said often when EMS goes out and gives Narcan ...
