MORGANTOWN – Mon Health System and West Virginia Junior College inked a letter of intent on Monday to launch a first-of-its-kind nursing education program in the state. In a collaborative move to address the state's nursing shortage, WVJC's nursing students will experience an accelerated ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Public Health confirmed an influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2021-22 flu season. The last influenza-associated pediatric death was reported during the 2019-20 flu season. While adult flu deaths are not required to be reported, influenza-associated deaths of children under 18 are required to be reported to the local health department within one week, which in turn is reportable to the state. To protect the family’s privacy, no details of the death will be released including the ...
CLARKSBURG – Mon Health System inked an affiliation agreement with Highland-Clarksburg Hospital during a Tuesday morning ceremony at the hospital. Highland-Clarksburg reached out to Mon Health, said hospital CEO Victoria Jones, in order to partner and be a part of a larger health system, ...
West Virginia’s deputy health and human resources secretary, who abruptly parted ways with the agency, Monday described pervasive challenges and differences of opinion with Secretary Bill Crouch about how to deal with them. “Unfortunately, Secretary Crouch and I have not shared the ...
MORGANTOWN — “I never want to push my agenda or my way of thinking on people, but I will say … If you haven’t had your shot, you should consider it.” Before vaccines were available, Clarksburg Mayor Jimmy Marino contracted COVID and spent weeks in the hospital. Marino said the ...
Heather Mudrick and her son Maddox helped to raise a blue, green and white flag Tuesday in honor of Mudrick’s husband and Maddox’s dad — who was an organ donor. April is National Donate Life Month and WVU Medicine marked it by inviting the mother and son to be part of the ...
