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 ...
The Monongalia County Quick Response Team (QRT) was one of 11 individuals or groups recognized by Willliam Ihlenfeld, United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia. The QRT, made up of public health, peer recovery specialists, law enforcement, social work agencies, faith-based organizations and other groups, received an award for Outstanding Community Drug Prevention in a ceremony at the federal courthouse in Clarksburg on Dec. 12. “This dynamic group of individuals and multiple organizations from across (Monongalia County) and beyond has changed the opioid ...
WVU MEDICINE The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute Advanced Heart Failure team was the first in West Virginia to implant the Cordella® Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor System as part of the PROACTIVE-HF Pivotal Trial sponsored by Endotronix. The study aims to reduce hospitalization in heart failure patients over two years. The Cordella® wireless sensor is implanted during a minimally invasive right heart catheterization procedure and seamlessly integrates pulmonary artery pressure measurements into the comprehensive Cordella® Heart Failure System for proactive heart failure ...
