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Hospital to hang kids’ art

WVU Medicine Children’s has partnered with the West Virginia Tourism Office to seek out artwork from West Virginia children to include in the new Children’s Hospital. The artwork will be collected through a contest sponsored by Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration. Chief Operating ...

‘No COVID-19 is good COVID-19’

WVU Today  West Virginia University scientists knew it was coming. When health officials confirmed the first three cases of a COVID-19 variant in West Virginia late Friday, they were not surprised. In fact, WVU researchers had, in recent weeks, already formed a partnership with ...

WVU Medicine Children’s, WVU Cancer Institute work to reduce pain in pediatric cancer patients

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  Chemotherapy is difficult for any child, but when it causes mucositis, a painful side effect that causes ulcers to form in the mouth, it gets even harder. These children often require more pain medications and longer hospital stays. Ben Wilson, 11, of Dilliner, Pa., was one of those patients. He was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma. The chemotherapy regimen he was on was known to cause mucositis, but it was his best course of treatment. When he developed mucositis, his mother, Alison Wilson, talked to Dr. Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, director of the WVU ...

Recreating Wetlands

WVU Today  Wetlands are essential for their ability to clean water, reduce flooding and promote biodiversity; however, these valuable ecosystems have been destroyed across West Virginia, forcing scientists to recreate the habitats. One West Virginia University researcher has taken ...