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House passes bill to ban certain synthetic food dyes and preservatives

dbeard@domininopost.com MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved on Friday a bill to ban certain food preservatives and synthetic dyes. The vote to pass HB 2354 was 93-5. It will head to the Senate. As it happened, the version of the bill the delegates passed was ...

Clear Mountain Bank delivers care packages to Mon Health cancer patients

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Representatives from Clear Mountain Bank came to Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center's Zelda Stein Weiss Cancer Center Wednesday morning to deliver care packages to patients there. Carmen Pennington, branch manager at Clear Mountain's Pierpont and ...

WVU RNI performs first in-human stroke treatment using new catheter system

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – In the ever-evolving quest to improve treatment for stroke victims, WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently performed the first in-human procedure using a new technology to treat strokes caused by blood clots. It's called the Broadway ...

House committee ponders bill to ban synthetic dyes from foods

MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates Health Committee spent two hours on Tuesday hearing the pros and cons of a bill to ban a handful of synthetic dyes from foods sold in West Virginia. Fruit Rounds ingredients (left) and Froot Loops. Current code bans added substances and ingredients ...

Former U.S. Drug Czar Dr. Rahul Gupta Joins GATC Health as president

MORGANTOWN – GATC Health Corp. announced on Wednesday that Dr. Rahul Gupta has joined the company as its new president. California-based GATC Health is a tech-bio company leveraging artificial intelligence to transform drug discovery. Its GATC West Virginia subsidiary is headquartered in ...