MORGANTOWN – A voting measure and a handful of bills dealing with students and students' healthcare cleared the House and Senate on Tuesday. HJR 21 proposes a constitutional amendment to add this to the section dealing with who is and is not allowed to vote (Article IV, 4-1): “nor ...
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Tom Takubo told his colleagues on the Health Committee on Tuesday that he had nearly thrown in the towel on his perennial bill to prohibit smoking in a vehicle where minors are present. But after receiving urging from a patient and a constituent, he brought it back one ...
MORGANTOWN – Everything came together to save the life of Mike Howell when he suffered a pulmonary embolism in early January. He got to Mon Health Medical Center emergency room in time. The doctor who could save him was there and had a life-saving tool that just a few years ago wasn't on ...
MORGANTOWN – WVU's Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently received national media attention for its groundbreaking research in Alzheimer's disease and drug addiction. An Alzheimer’s patient undergoes focused ultrasound treatment with the WVU RNI team. We sat down last week and ...
MCHD Dentistry gave area children something to grin about during its 14th annual Give Kids a Smile! event Friday. The American Dental Association (ADA) launched Give Kids a Smile! in 2003 as a way for dental care providers to join with others in their communities to offer free dental ...
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Health Officer Dr. Lee Smith said there are foundational changes in the works for how West Virginia organizes and allocates funding for county health departments. During the January meeting of the Monongalia County Health Department Board of Health, ...
