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 families in need of life-changing care. “We’re excited ...
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, R-Putnam, told the committee that the intent is to curb the needle litter problem that poses a ...
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 is Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta. “No one had any prior knowledge of the bill until it was presented in a ...
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 have a chronic condition, don’t put off your care,” said Dr. Michael Edmond, WVU Medicine’s ...
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 ...
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 the Mon Health Medical Center Institutional Review ...