WVU Today Transitioning home after a stay in a nursing home or long-term care facility can be a difficult experience, oftentimes leading to hospitalization or reinstitution. But preliminary results from a new West Virginia University Office of Health Affairs pilot program shows that ...
WVU Today In 2014, around 10,000 gallons of a coal-washing chemical called MCHM spilled into the Elk River near Charleston, affecting 30,000 residents in nine counties. Two years later, floods ravaged central and southeastern West Virginia, claiming 23 lives. These incidents and ...
WVU Today Every day, our bodies face a bombardment of UV rays, ozone, cigarette smoke, industrial chemicals and other hazards. This exposure can lead to free-radical production in our bodies, which damages our DNA and tissues. A new study from West Virginia University researcher Eric E. ...
WVU Today The West Virginia University Board of Governors Friday approved an estimated $1.1 billion budget for the coming fiscal year, including a nearly 2% increase in tuition across the WVU system. Resident-students will see a 1.87% increase or $84 per semester increase, while ...
WVU Today A one-of-a-kind mentoring program at West Virginia University that supports high school students who face social and financial challenges and connects them to STEM-based undergraduate and graduate degree programs will be replicated at The University of Alabama’s Capstone ...
MORGANTOWN-- Doctors at WVU Medicine are turning to a novel sleep disorder screening program to reduce the number of hospital readmissions and improve patient outcomes. Sleep apnea and other sleep disorders can worsen cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions, such as congestive heart ...
