Testing, vaccines to move to MCHD

May 6, 2022

After holding court (literally) at the WVU Rec Center since September 2020, Monongalia County Health Department will move its COVID-19 testing and vaccines to its headquarters at 453 Van Voorhis Road. The new schedule begins Monday, with testing on the lower level of MCHD from 8-10 a.m. Testing will be held again from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday. This Monday and Thursday schedule is set through the end of May, with no testing on May 30 because of Memorial Day. The schedule might fluctuate from month to month based on demand and other factors. COVID vaccines will be given via ...

Justice and team celebrate Moderna request to vaccinate ages 6 and under; BA.2 grows and state cases increase

April 28, 2022

MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team celebrated the news that Moderna on Thursday asked the FDA to OK use of its vaccine for children ages 6 and under. Justice noted that this is the only age group not yet eligible to be vaccinated (apart from a slight overlap with the Pfizer ...

WVU doctor invents device to make bariatric surgeries better, safer; develops product at Intermed Labs at Mon Health

April 23, 2022

MORGANTOWN – Back in 2017, bariatric surgeon Dr. Nova Szoka had an idea for a device that would make for safer, more efficient surgeries. That thought began a five-year journey that is nearing fruition with a device called the Endolumik Gastric Calibration Tube. Mara McFadden, CEO of ...

Friends of WVU Hospitals honors volunteers

April 22, 2022

MORGANTOWN — Friends of WVU Hospitals honored volunteers on Friday during a luncheon at the Ruby Memorial Hospital in conjunction with National Volunteer Week. It was a special event, said Volunteer Services Director Kimberly Hartsell, because it was their first in three years. COVID ...

Chief says Thomas Health ‘needed a partner’

April 22, 2022

SOUTH CHARLESTON — Thomas Health System needed a partner. That’s the conclusion of WVU Medicine President and CEO Albert Wright when sizing up the decision by his system and Thomas to join forces first in a clinical and management agreement to be followed by full membership in the WVU Medicine system. The deal was first announced Wednesday. Wright said the South Charleston-based Thomas Health, which includes Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston and St. Francis Hospital in downtown Charleston, would probably be faced with linking up with a for-profit hospital company ...

WVU symposium offers views on the prevalence and harm of health care fraud

April 21, 2022

TO REPORT health-care fraud: 800-HHS-TIPS (447-8477); tips.hhs.gov; TTY at 800-377-4950 MORGANTOWN – A panel of experts gathered at WVU's law school Thursday morning to talk about how health care fraud harms everyone. The gathering was timely, coming on the heels of a Wednesday ...