MORGANTOWN – Senate and House committees took up and approved bills on Monday creating the Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act. The Senate's version is SB 375, handled by Banking and Insurance. A Health Care Sharing Ministry is not health insurance and the bills exempt ...
MORGANTOWN — The Senate advanced a bill on Monday to discourage adults from smoking in their vehicles when kids are present. SB 378 says: “No person who is 18 years of age or older may smoke or possess a lit tobacco product in a motor vehicle if an individual 16 years of age or less is ...
The 20th annual WVU Medicine Children’s Gala welcomed supporters to the City of Lights Saturday to raise money for the children’s hospital. Over the past 19 years, the event has raised $8.5 million. This year, 90 sponsors were joined by presenting sponsor, Dr. David A. Rosen and The ...
MORGANTOWN – Mon Health Heart & Vascular Center's electrophysiology program is the first and only such program in the state to receive the American College of Cardiology electrophysiology accreditation. Program medical director Dr. Salam Sbaity explained what electrophysiology is. It ...
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 ...
