Mon Health System is celebrating National Nurses Week through Friday, and National Hospital Week through Saturday, with celebrations across the health system. This week is an opportunity to highlight the innovative ways healthcare staff support the needs of patients and show appreciation ...
CHARLESTON — The World Health Organization announced Friday that COVID is no longer a public health emergency. “The emergency is over, but we have started many initiatives to prepare the world, and we need to continue that — that commitment,” World Health Organization Director General Doctor Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Friday’s announcement. MetroNews asked West Virginia Coronavirus czar Dr. Clay Marsh what the elimination of the designation, which has been in effect for three years, means. “It means COVID is no longer a driver of a an unpredictable ...
MORGANTOWN – WVU Medicine and the Transplant Alliance on Thursday honored organ donors and their family members who made the choice to help others in need. Family members attended a short ceremony Thursday afternoon and then proceeded to the donor wall just off the Ruby Memorial Hospital lobby where the names of their loved ones are memorialized. WVUM Transplant Services Vice President Mike Shullo opened the ceremony with some remarks. “Transplant donors are a gift, they are selfless,” he said. The family members are equally selfless. “You've changed lives in ways that are ...
MORGANTOWN – Intermed Labs at Mon Health has announced that a technology solution conceived by a Mon Health System physician has been acquired by a publicly traded company to support sacral neuromodulation (SNM). Intermed said the technology created at its Morgantown facility addresses ...
Harrison County Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is taking extra steps to offer free lead testing for WIC clients in response to high levels of lead found in homes in Clarksburg. The lead testing program was a part of a year-long pilot program that was set to expire June 30. Now, WIC will try to renew the grant for at least one more year of free lead testing. WIC encourages participants coming in for an appointment to get a blood test for lead. Staffers also provide education on lead exposure. Initially, the Harrison-Clarksburg Health Department offered free lead testing, ...
MORGANTOWN — A friendly West Virginia black bear greets families arriving on the sixth floor of WVU Medicine Children's. It's a place where kids face difficult medical challenges and friendly warmth is important. The floor houses the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the Cardiac Intensive ...
