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Mon Health advances urologic surgery with single-port da Vinci SP

MORGANTOWN — Dr. Jaschar Shakuri-Rad came to Mon Health Medical Center's urology department five years ago to develop a robotic surgery program. Capito tries out the robotic control console. And in May, he advanced the program a step farther, performing the hospital's first ...

Reports: MedExpress eliminating all registered nurse positions at all sites

MORGANTOWN — Morgantown-based MedExpress is eliminating all of its registered nursing positions at all of its more than 145 medical centers, according to reports in Becker's, a national medical industry publication, and Nurse.Org, a national nursing information platform. The outlets ...

Report: WVU Hospitals scores best in nation for sepsis rates

MORGANTOWN – WVU Medicine was pleased to learn that, according to recently released federal data, WVU Hospitals ranked best in the nation for postoperative sepsis rates – meaning it had the fewest cases. An article in Becker's – a national medical industry publication – showed 17 ...

FDA approves RSV drug following research by WVU experts

Last year, a season of increased Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) cases in infants concerned medical experts across the country. Following research by West Virginia University doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, Beyfortus, a new drug preventing severe RSV in vulnerable babies, has received ...