MORGANTOWN – Members of the House Judiciary Committee found a voter fraud bill riddled with holes. After extensive questioning on Tuesday, committee chair Moore Capito, R-Kanawha, decided […]
Healthcare
State passes 6,000 deaths
West Virginia passed another bleak milestone Monday, surpassing 6,000 COVID-19 deaths in the state. Justice read an additional 31 victims at the start of Monday’s briefing, bringing […]
Rockefeller Institute first in the U.S. to enroll patient in stroke trial
BY WVU MEDICINE The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute was the first institution in the United States to enroll a patient in the Route92 Medical Inc. SUMMIT MAX […]
Legislators pass bills dealing with state Rainy Day Fund and Board of Sanitarians
MORGANTOWN – The House and Senate churned through a series of mostly off-the-radar bills on Wednesday; the bill that generated just about the most debate was one […]
WVU Medicine’s cardio-oncology program receives international recognition as Gold Center of Excellence
MORGANTOWN – WVU Medicine has gained international recognition for its pioneering program in a relatively new and little known field: cardio-oncology. The Heart and Vascular Institute’s cardio-oncology […]
Health Dept. urges vaccinations, boosters
KINGWOOD — COVID cases are beginning to decline in Preston County as the delta variant transitions to omicron — but staffing and equipment problems caused by the […]
About 40 children braved the weather for their free checkups
If it’s the first Friday in February and snowing (or sleeting or both), it must be Give Kids a Smile! at Monongalia County Health Department. However, the […]
Go Red For Women observed throughout Mon Health System
February is Heart Month, and Mon Health System employees are participating in activities to raise awareness of cardiac issues, especially in women. For more than a decade, […]
Marion legislators oppose bill and DHHR plan to close John Manchin Health Center in Fairmont
MORGANTOWN – Marion County’s three delegates and state senators said in a Tuesday press release that they oppose HB 4365, to close three of the state’s four […]
Three Mon County Democrats present bills to repeal abortion restrictions enacted in recent years
MORGANTOWN – Three Monongalia County Democratic legislators are introducing bills to repeal various abortion restrictions enacted in recent years. They announced their bills at a Monday press […]
