Newsroom@DominionPost.com WVU Medicine Children’s, the state’s only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, has partnered with Nexstar Media Group to host a Mediathon Wednesday to raise funds that will help patients and […]
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Senate bill to license needle-exchange programs draws long line of physician opponents to testify against it
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Health Committee spent more than three hours Thursday hashing over a bill to license and regulate needle-exchange programs across the state. Bill lead sponsor Eric Tarr, […]
Hopemont Hospital among those to close, if bill passes
KINGWOOD – House Bill 2626 was introduced last week by the House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee in an effort to close four state-owned hospitals, one of which […]
In-person medical visits waning because of COVID-19 safety concerns
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s two largest health care providers –WVU Medicine and Mon Health – said people should not be afraid to seek medical treatment because of the pandemic. “If you […]
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 […]
Intermed Labs completes Stanford trial
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Morgantown-based MedTech startup studio, Intermed Labs at Mon Health, announced the completion of a pilot clinical trial at Stanford University of its hand surgery simulator. The study, approved by […]
Beating the Resistance
WVU Today Antibiotic resistance is not exclusively a health issue. It’s a national security threat, as the Department of Defense tapped a team of West Virginia University scientists to help […]
DJ Steve Aoki donates $20K to RNI
WVU Today World-renowned DJ and two-time Grammy-nominated producer Steve Aoki collaborated with dozens of famous partners (BTS, Linkin Park, Lil Jon) over the course of his career. His latest hails […]
Give Kids a Smile
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Mikhail Conrad’s first visit to the dentist took place after he had just spent time at a hospital, said his mother Tina, so he was not very happy to […]
Bipartisan Legislation aims to lower costs of diabetes treatment
South Middle School teacher Maggie Reider’s son, Roxy Vasil, was diagnosed with Type I diabetes when he was 6. Each day Vasil would attend school, Reider would send along test […]
