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UPMC cuts ribbon on WV GoHealth Urgent Cares — formerly MedExpress

MORGANTOWN – UPMC has opened 81 urgent care centers across Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and celebrated Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting at its Waynesburg, Pa. Site. Its 23 West Virginia locations are all former MedExpress sites – including the Morgantown UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care at ...

Senate takes up bill to ban mail-order abortion medications

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate will be voting on a bill to ban the prescription and dispensing of abortion medications by mail order. The Judiciary Committee hashed over SB 85 for a couple hours on Thursday, and it saw its first reading on the Senate floor on ...

Micro-hospital Certificate of Need bill dies in committee

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A bill to exempt micro-hospitals from the Certificate of Need process died in the House Health Committee on Thursday. The original HB 3487 aimed to eliminate CON requirements for construction or acquisition of a small format or micro-hospital owned ...

Senate passes Holocaust education, pharmacist prescription bills

dbeard@domininopost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate on Wednesday passed a Holocaust education bill and a pharmacist prescription bill and sent them to the House of Delegates. SB 54 is the Holocaust bill. It says, “In collaboration with and utilizing guidance from the West Virginia ...

House of Delegates sends Mon-Preston road plowing bill to Senate

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A bill to require the Division of Highways to contract for snow removal on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties barely squeaked out of the House of Delegates on Tuesday. Across the Capitol in the Senate, a Holocaust education bill and ...