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Former director’s $50K gift boosts research at WVU Cancer Institute
WVU Today Research efforts aimed at improving cancer care for patients in West Virginia and beyond will be boosted by a gift from the former director of […]
System 6% above budget by June
Expansion continues, no employees needed to be furloughed COVID-19 has not been kind to Mon Health, but the Morgantown health care system through prudent financial planning and […]
EMS across West Virginia face challenges
KINGWOOD — In the last decade, more than 70 ambulance services have closed across the state, according to the State Office of EMS. Chris Hall, executive director […]
Justice proposes sanctions for teams that mutli-test to improve county test numbers; DHHR adds more info to county map
MORGANTOWN — Following several questions about whether some high school coaches are encouraging athletes and parents to get multiple COVID-19 tests to artificially improve their county numbers, […]
Valley HealthCare breaks ground on $7 million expansion
FAIRMONT – Valley HealthCare System announced plans for a $7 million, three-building expansion that will provide additional beds for its addiction treatment programs it has been running […]
Mon bars reopening remain uncertain; universities to start weekly surveillance testing
Monongalia County has been green on the state COVID map for several days but reopening the bars remains just a hope. In answer to a question about […]
Mon goes green on COVID maps; Justice and team answer repeated questions about maps’ credibility
MORGANTOWN– Monongalia County was green Monday. And much of Monday’s COVID-19 briefing focused on the two maps, on continued confusion about what they mean and continued skepticism […]
Communication was key in Sundale COVID outbreak control
WVU Today Widespread COVID-19 testing may be an obvious way to control an outbreak in a long-term care facility. But communication among the facility’s staff, its residents […]
Mon Health, WVU Medicine Children’s continue neonatology partnership
WVU Medicine Mon Health and WVU Medicine Children’s have signed a new contract, effective Sept. 1, for continued neonatology services for babies delivered at Mon Health Medical […]