MORGANTOWN – A bill to allow state residents to deduct medical expenses from their sate income taxes left senators who voted for it wondering how much it might cost the state. Those senators also approved a bill to permit Health Care Sharing Ministries – a faith-based health insurance ...
BY LISA ELLISON Connie Johns, a single mom, is battling leiomyosarcoma. Following a hysterectomy over the summer, Johns continued to have pain. Her cousin, Alexis Buzzo and Buzzo’s mom, a retired nurse, were alarmed at the symptoms and the lab results Johns had shared.However, no one expected it to be such a catastrophic diagnosis. “An ER visit with imaging tests found the tumor in October 2022,” Buzzo said, adding, “the oncologists at Ruby have been amazing.” Buzzo, her grandmother and another cousin have stepped in to help Johns as much as they can. Buzzo, ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to allow specially trained medical professionals who accompany police SWAT teams on missions to carry weapons. SB 83 would allow a “tactical medical professional” trained and certified in tactical combat casualty ...
The House Health Committee swiftly advanced a bill that would split the Department of Health and Human Resources into three separate agencies. The three would be the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Health Facilities. “This bill was about three years in the making,” said Delegate Matthew Rohrbach, R-Cabell. “I can easily say why we’re doing this. DHHR has the largest budget in state government by far. And we all hear from our constituents the inefficiencies in the various components of DHHR. “I would contend to you that an ...
MORGANTOWN – Social media abounds with posts questioning the reality and severity of the COVID pandemic, and the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccines. A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey revealed widespread alarm about COVID vaccines: 49% of American adults ...
WVU MEDICINE Physicians at WVU Medicine Children’s are the first in the region to work with device manufacturer Pectus Services to implement the non-invasive T-Joe Pectus Bracing System for children with convex chest wall deformities, known as pectus carinatum. This is the first treatment for pectus carinatum to be implemented at WVU Medicine and WVU Medicine Children’s. Pectus carinatum is a condition in which the chest wall grows outward, making the chest jut out. It is a fairly common condition, occurring in one in 1,500 children with 50% of patients with the condition ...
