ActiveWV grants to fund 13 projects to improve activities From Wheeling to Williamson, West Virginians will gain new and improved options to get active with a leisurely […]
Healthcare
WVU Medicine’s tele-stroke program continues to grow
The number of stroke patients at eight rural hospitals — seven in West Virginia and one in Maryland — treated with medication to break up blood clots […]
Child, 5, dies from flu
MORGANTOWN — The flu claimed the life of a 5-year-old child Monday morning in the emergency room of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown and has led […]
Nurse navigator at Mon Health to help moms during and after pregnancy
MORGANTOWN — One in nine mothers will experience a perinatal mood disorder such as postpartum depression following childbirth. And Mon Health Medical Center wants to help those […]
Mon Health to bring offices to I-79 tech park, south of Fairmont
MORGANTOWN — Mon Health System is expanding its primary care and introducing specialty medical services in the greater Fairmont area. The new offices will be right off […]
WVU Heart and Vascular Institute surgeons perform the first fully robotic aortic valve replacement in the northeastern U.S.
Another first for West Virginia University. Surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute performed a fully robotic aortic valve replacement operation, done through a small opening […]
Study links PFAS in water to tooth decay
Children with higher concentrations of a certain chemical in their blood are more likely to get cavities, according to a new study by West Virginia University School […]
Weather, flu outbreak force counties to close schools
Susan Haslebacher is washing her hands of the whole matter, and she wants you to do the same. Hand-washing, the health supervisor for Monongalia County Schools said, […]
Ruby Memorial Hospital offers therapy dog services for patients
Nurse Rachel Childers was in the midst of discussing a patient’s chart, in an authoritative tone with lots of multi-syllabic medical terms, when it happened. Her voice […]
Four in Morgantown under precautionary coronavirus quarantine
MORGANTOWN — According to the Monongalia County Health Department, there are six individuals — including four in the Morgantown area — under a precautionary 14-day self quarantine […]
