MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates on Monday passed a couple elections bills unanimously with minimal discussion. The big debate of the day was about an amendment to a bill dealing with the supervision of nurse anesthetists. HB 4432 was on second reading. The primary objective of the ...
CHARLESTON – Three health care leaders pondered the challenges facing health care during a Friday session of the West Virginia Press Association Legislative Lookahead. The 2024 session begins on Wednesday. Their first question was how to make health care more accessible in our rural, ...
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has officially transitioned to three separate agencies. As of Jan. 1, 2024, there are three cabinet secretaries that oversee the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health Facilites. “The transition has been a long time coming,” said Dr. Sherri Young who left her role as interim secretary of DHHR to become the secretary of the Department of Health. Young served in the interim role sinceJuly 2023. Dr. Cynthia Persily was named the secretary ...
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia ranks 40th nationwide for median annual pay for registered nurses, according to a report in Becker's Hospital Review. We asked WVU Medicine and Mon Health was that number might mean for them. First, a look at the numbers, derived from the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...
Mon Health Medical Center welcomed James Messenger as a special populations navigator to spearhead new peer recovery team. A West Virginia native, Messenger comes to his new role at Mon Health with nine years of experience in peer recovery, working with medication-assisted treatment of patients, and advocating for individuals and families navigating the complexities of substance use disorder through paralegal work in Monongalia County Family Court. With his passion for medication-assisted treatment and a goal to see better recovery care in West Virginia, Messenger aims to be ...
The beginning of December marked the 35th World AIDS Day, providing an opportunity for medical professionals and community members alike to reflect on advances since the AIDS epidemic began in the 1980s and to look ahead at the progress to come. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an ...
