MORGANTOWN – Under the Capitol dome on Thursday, bills concerning the school bus driver shortage and education on the Holocaust drew unanimous support. But a bill dealing with adoption tax credits and grants for “pregnancy help organizations” drew some Democratic dissent. HB 2002 was ...
WVU MEDICINE The West Virginia University School of Nursing will host a spring 2023 Virtual Open House for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at 6 p.m. Monday. This event will feature information for the Morgantown, Beckley and Keyser campuses. During the event, attendees can hear from a panel of guests, including Dean Tara Hulsey, School of Nursing faculty and staff and SON Student Ambassadors — all of whom will provide insight into the program, answer questions and address concerns. The virtual open house is geared toward high school juniors and seniors, ...
MORGANTOWN – A House Republican bill to help more birthing centers spring up across the state drew significant Republican opposition on the House floor on Tuesday. Three other bills sailed through more smoothly, passing unanimously. HB 2789 is the birthing center bill. It aims to exempt ...
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) will host three in-person interviewing events in February for Kanawha, Mercer and Monongalia counties for positions within the Bureau for Family Assistance and the Bureau for Social Services. There will be interviews for several positions, including Child Protective Service workers and social service worker 3 (youth services), qualifying for a $2,500 appointment incentive with an agreement of one-year of employment. The Monongalia County event will take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, at 112 South High St., ...
WVU MEDICINE WVU Medicine orthopaedic hand, elbow, and shoulder surgeon Rd. Shafic Sraj offers patients undergoing office-based surgery the convenience of virtual post-operative care through MyWVUChart, WVU Medicine’s online patient portal. Sraj saw adopting an app-based follow-up process as the natural progression to the wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet, WALANT, procedures performed in the office setting. Patients who are comfortable using the app are offered the option to use its secure messaging feature for their follow up after routine, low-risk procedures. “We ...
Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, which had been the state’s last abortion clinic, has filed a federal lawsuit over the ban passed last fall. The plaintiffs are asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to issue an injunction to block the entire ban while the full case is considered by the court. The suit contends West Virginia’s law is irrational and unconstitutional. “Every person deserves to access the critical care they need, but this law pushes essential abortion care out of reach,” said Katie Quiñonez, Women’s Health Center ...
