The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neurscience Institute, WVU Medicine and smart ring maker Oura Health announced a national study designed to accelerate early detection of the COVID-19 virus symptoms and contagiousness. Leveraging an artificial intelligence-driven predictive model, ...
The West Virginia Health Authority said Certificate of Need applications by Mon Heath System and WVU Health System to build separate full-service hospitals in Marion County are complete. The next step for the two local health systems is to go through the approval process. WVU Medicine submitted two CONs with the state. The first application is for construction of a 25-bed, full-service hospital. The $35.3 million hospital would be constructed next to its Urgent Care Center in Fairmont and would serve as a campus and department of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, WVU Medicine’s ...
ALTOONA, Pa. — Sheetz announced a new SHcan & Go! feature Tuesday, allowing customers to scan and pay for convenience items through the Sheetz app. Now available at all 600 Sheetz locations, this new feature minimizes interaction in the checkout process in support of social distancing recommendations. “This new feature continues to deliver on our mission to be the ultimate in convenience, allowing customers to scan and pay for items they need easily and quickly,” said Travis Sheetz, president & COO of Sheetz Inc. “Innovation has always been a key driver at Sheetz and ...
That grocery receipt in Rabbi Joe Hample’s hand a couple of weeks back was a revelation.It showed that he made it through self-checkout — without ringing up the same item twice. Now, the leader of Morgantown’s Tree of Life Congregation ventures out wearing facemasks fashioned with yarmulkes from bar mitzvahs gone by. “You do what you need to do to keep people safe,” he said Tuesday, as he readied for Passover. Today marks the eight-day observance of the holiday. Passover is commemorated around the globe by Jews to mark the emancipation of Israelites from slavery in ...
KINGWOOD — Preston County Sheriff’s deputies investigated separate sexual assault allegations, arresting two men — one from the area and the other from Missouri. Deputies said a Masontown man called to report he felt suicidal because he had sexually abused a child for 11 years. Donald Lee Tennant, 46, of Masontown, was charged with felony sexual abuse. He was in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail Tuesday in lieu of $250,000 bond. According to the criminal complaint by Cpl. J.C. Farling, Tennant called the sheriff’s department in January, confessing to the abuse and saying ...
The Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust purchased $1.3 million worth of personal protective equipment for several West Virginia hospitals and first responders. “These are difficult times and we as West Virginians need to unite and stand together as West Virginians,” Stephen Farmer, chairman of the Ruby McQuain Board of Trustees said Tuesday, when the gift was announced. The purchase, coordinated through the West Virginia University Health System, includes 1.149 million procedural masks, 163,025 surgical masks, 116,120 N95 respirators, 290,180 disposable gowns, 29,400 pairs of ...
