MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Children’s is asking for the community’s help to make the holidays special for its patients.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a potential breakthrough for those suffering with opioid use disorder (OUD), the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) announced a first-in-human study using an innovative smart pill technology to measure and monitor vital signs that can hel…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute and the WVU Medicine Children’s Injury Prevention and Safety Program are joining forces to provide valuable safety information to communities as part of National Injury Prevention Day —Nov. 18.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — November is American Diabetes Month. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) more than 37 million children and adults have diabetes in the United States. In West Virginia, they estimate more than 220,000 people, 15 percent of the adult population, have been d…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — World Pancreatic Cancer Day is observed on Nov. 16 this year to raise awareness of this deadly disease. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and it is estimated that over 62,000 people will be diagnosed with the disease in 2023.
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Highmark Health Options of West Virginia (HHOWV), a subsidiary of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia (Highmark), and the West Virginia University (WVU) Health System have signed a new, multi-year network provider contract in anticipation of HHOWV’s participati…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Wayne and Marion counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Pocahontas, Lewis, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The fourth annual Run Santa Run 5K will be held at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10 at the Rosenbaum Family House (RFH) on the campus of WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.
FAIRMONT, W.Va. – WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center is hosting a toy drive through the end of the year to restock its Emergency Department toy closet. Donations of new, unused toys can be delivered to a member of Security under the canopy at the main hospital entrance.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU Medicine Children’s Injury Prevention and Safety Program will hold car seat safety checks from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Monday (Nov. 13) in parking lot E along Willowdale Road, just outside of the hospital.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Project SEARCH at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital is recruiting interns for its 2024-2025 class. An open house will be held Feb. 7. Applications are due April 1 and can be requested through high school guidance counselors and local county Departments of Rehabilit…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program® will visit LUCAS, the WVU Cancer Institute’s mobile lung cancer screening unit and recipient of a $25,000 grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation to increase lung cancer screening in rural …
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and WVU Medicine Children’s received national recognition for their extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) teams at the annual meeting of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), the world’s leading ECMO organization th…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Marion County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a multiphasic screening event at WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center from 6:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Wirt County offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Wayne, Monroe, and Clay counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Emergency Department (ED) received accreditation of its ultrasound program on Oct. 24. The program is one of a select few in the country to meet the standards developed by the Clinical Ultrasound Accreditation Program of the Am…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) has been recognized as a Center for Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Care through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Partners in MS Care program. This formal recognition honors the RNI’s commitment to high-quali…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus, a mobile mammography unit offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women, and LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans, …
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus, one half of the WVU Cancer Institute’s Mobile Cancer Screening Program, is recognizing a major milestone this week. The mobile unit provided its 30,000th mammogram on Friday, as it nears the end of its 15th season on the road.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A $30,000 gift from a Massachusetts-based electronics distributor is aiding Rosenbaum Family House in its mission to provide a home away from home for WVU Medicine patients and their families.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Just in time for the beginning of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season, WVU Medicine Children’s is now offering an antibody injection to protect against it.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Andrea “Andi” Hasley, 43, of Morgantown, would describe herself as a rule follower. For as long as she can remember, she has done what she was supposed to do in all aspects of her life, including health and wellness — something her mother ingrained in her.
MORGANTOWN, WV – WVU Medicine surgeon Nova Szoka, M.D., developed a new fluorescence-guided medical device to help surgeons better visualize surgical instruments and the surgical area during thoracic and bariatric surgeries.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Mingo, Boone, Calhoun, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Kanawha and Gilmer counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine served as the presenting sponsor for the first Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) One Walk, which was held on Sept. 30 at the Mylan Park Track and Field Complex in Morgantown.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Children’s is adding a new playground to support children’s health and well-being thanks to a $500,000 gift from the Hayhurst family.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Employees of WVU Hospitals gathered at the WVU Cancer Institute’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center on Oct. 20 decked out in their pink and pearls for Pink Out Day in honor of National Mammography Day, the October observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the upcomi…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Three WVU Medicine specialties — geriatrics, palliative medicine, and hospice; trauma; and hospital medicine — are joining efforts to launch the outpatient Geri-Trauma Clinic at WVU Hospitals (WVUH) next month.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh, and Webster counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Lewis, Randolph, Nicholas, and Marion counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Friends of WVU Hospitals held its annual golf tournament on Sept. 13 at the Pines Country Club.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute hosted the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) regional fall meeting for the Virginias Vascular Study Group (VVSG) on Wednesday (Oct. 11).
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Ritchie, Upshur, and Pendleton counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Upshur, Nicholas, Braxton and Preston counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Hospitals welcomed its first cohort of MedEd Program interns to campus on Oct. 2 and 5. The two-year program uses a work-based learning approach placing students in the workplace during the school day and includes a curriculum that combines technical and professional skills.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has released its coveted Digital Health Most Wired Survey results for the 2023 data collection period. The WVU Health System is proud to announce its Level 10 achievement — the highest possible — for the …
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After the 2022 surge of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases filled hospitals with sick infants and children, doctors at WVU Medicine Children’s predict that numbers could begin to climb in the next few weeks.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Nicholas, Braxton, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Greenbrier, Gilmer, and Lewis counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women. Bonnie's Bus
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center will be hosting a Salvation Army Angel Tree this holiday season. The Angel Tree program provides gifts for children in need during the holidays. Angel ornament on a Christmas tree
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Cancer Institute Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center today announced that it has received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – WVU Medicine is the first in the state to offer a new pacemaker placement procedure for patients who suffer from sleep apnea and have not responded to other treatments. The procedure, which involves implanting a pacemaker-like device in the neck, can help reduce the frequ…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Miles for Migraine will host its fourth annual 5K run and two-mile walk to benefit the WVU Headache Center at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Hazel Ruby McQuain Park in Morgantown. There is also a virtual event, in which participants can walk/run at their own pace and …
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU Cancer Institute celebrated the 15-year anniversary of the ribbon-cutting that launched Bonnie’s Bus at the 2023 Pink Party, which raised a record $162,616 to support the mobile mammography unit.
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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — WVU Medicine United Hospital Center has announced an addition to its staff.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Lincoln, Kanawha, and Lewis counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Tucker and Preston counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
Recently, a data breach occurred through a vendor of WVU Medicine’s called Nuance Communications, but it was NOT a data breach of any WVU Medicine systems, according to a WVU Medicine spokesperson.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is the first in the state to offer the Barostim™ Baroreflex Activation Therapy, the world’s first FDA-approved heart failure device to use neuromodulation, to improve the symptoms of patients with systolic heart failure who may not rec…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness about suicide and prevention efforts. In West Virginia, suicide is the second-leading cause of death for those age 10 to 24. West Virginia also ranks 10th in the nation for suicide mortality.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Medicine Children’s Neuroscience Center (CNC) is opening a Pediatric Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Clinic in October.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and Story Health, a health technology and services company building specialty care models for the future, today announced a new collaboration to improve access to specialty care for patients with heart failure.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine is celebrating the success of its barrier-breaking telemedicine program during Telehealth Awareness Week, recognized Sept. 17-23.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, observed annually during the third full week of September, is a time to educate others of the impact of rehabilitative care and recognize those working to bring that impact to the lives of patients each day.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Waiting for an autism diagnosis can be a stressful and uncertain time for parents. The process can take weeks or even months, and there is no guarantee that a diagnosis will be made. In the meantime, there are things parents can do to help their child and themselves.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Harrison, Lewis, and Marion counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Jackson and Harrison counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Medicine Children’s Injury Prevention and Safety Program will host a car seat safety event from 3-6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, in parking lot E along Willowdale Road.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Urologic Oncology surgeons at the WVU Cancer Institute recently became the first in the state to perform a single-port partial nephrectomy. The Institute is one of 130 facilities in the United States to implement the single-port robot platform, and only 140 u…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Health System has been included in Forbes’ list of “America’s Best Employers By State 2023.”
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Peak Health, a new health insurer and health insurance services company headquartered in Morgantown, is pleased to announce its application to offer Medicare Advantage plans, with enrollment starting in October for eligible coverage beginning Jan. 1.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Pocahontas and Randolph counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Preston, Barbour, and Harrison counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Healthy Minds — Clarksburg will be one of more than 300 locations across the Appalachian region providing free Narcan and resources during the first-ever “Appalachian Save a Life Day” on Thursday, Sept. 14. Organizers will set up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower lot at …
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Cancer Institute Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center will offer free skin cancer screenings on from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Pocahontas County offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Nicholas and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — ACO West Virginia, an affiliate of WVU Medicine and the largest accountable care organization (ACO) in West Virginia, improved care for nearly 35,000 Medicare beneficiaries in West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and Pennsylvania last year. According to recently released perfor…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital welcomed its fourth and largest class of Project SEARCH interns today (Aug. 28).
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit McDowell, Logan, and Nicholas counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Mercer and Lincoln counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Approximately 115 new West Virginia University medical students were trained in lifesaving, bleeding-control skills they will carry with them throughout their upcoming medical careers and education.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) will offer free statewide concussion testing as part of the Rockefeller Concussion Network.