The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute successfully removed its first COVID-19 patient from ECMO on June 16, after 514 hours of support. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, […]
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WVU Medicine raises final beam for Children’s Hospital
Even though the weather was dreary, there were nothing but smiles as WVU Medicine held a topping out ceremony Tuesday afternoon for its new $150 million Children’s […]
WVU Medicine will set up fulfillment center in Sears spot
Also coming to mall are Ollie’s, Appalachian Axe. Co of Westover WVU Medicine will take 80,000 square feet of space at the Morgantown Mall for what is […]
WVU researchers develop new COVID-19 tests
WVU Today COVID-19 tests are in short supply. The companies that make the necessary chemicals — called reagents — can’t keep up with demand. But researchers at […]
Sundale receives $30K from WVCTSI to see if patients developed immunity to virus
MORGANTOWN — The medical director of Sundale Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation in Morgantown received a $30,000 grant from the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute to […]
WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute first in the world to open hippocampal blood brain barrier in Alzheimer’s patients
WVU MedicineThe West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute has a new study, published in partnership with Weill Cornell Medical Center, that demonstrates the successful opening of the […]
WVU Medicine, Mon Health take measures to cope with lost revenue from COVID-19
MORGANTOWN — WVU Health System and Mon Health System have both taken cost-saving measures to cope with the reduced patient volumes and revenues resulting from the COVID-19 […]
WVU Rockefeller, Oura Health look to predict virus outbreak
The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neurscience Institute, WVU Medicine and smart ring maker Oura Health announced a national study designed to accelerate early detection of the COVID-19 […]
WVUM offers video visits
All WVU Medicine outpatient clinics are now offering video visits for established patients in an effort to provide timely follow-up care during the COVID-19 pandemic. “While we […]
Justice names WVU’s Clay Marsh as COVID-19 czar
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that WVU has agreed to lend WVU Vice President and Executive Dean for Health Sciences Clay Marsh to his office […]
