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WVU Eye Institute receives $2M to expand care across West Virginia

MORGANTOWN – The WVU Eye Institute has been awarded more than $2 million through Governor Patrick Morrisey’s West Virginia Rural Health Transformation Program to establish a statewide teleophthalmology network, expanding access to specialized eye care, and helping detect chronic diseases ...

Roleplay event to spotlight obstacles to recovery

MORGANTOWN – There’s a popular appeal for empathy that suggests judgment of others should be reserved until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. This weekend, Abundant Life Recovery Housing Network is inviting the public to a simulation experience that will allow participants to spend a ...

Capito joins Vandalia Health to celebrate $5.4M for hospital upgrades

By David Beard MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito came to Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center on a gray, rainy Thursday morning to celebrate the allocation of $5.485 million in federal dollars for critical infrastructure upgrades to the hospital. Capito secured the funds through the ...

WIC Kitchen: Falling for vegetables

An age-old question: Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? It’s actually both! Botanically, a tomato is a fruit because it grows from a flower and holds seeds. But we treat it like a vegetable because it has a savory taste and goes so well in main course dishes. Tomatoes work in sandwiches, ...

‘GameChanger’ drug prevention program nets national humanitarian award

MORGANTOWN – Joe Boczek and the team driving GameChanger, the drug abuse prevention and awareness program geared to Mountain State youth, did something last week that they normally don’t do. They relaxed. And enjoyed their moment. But it was fleeting. GameChanger this past Thursday in ...

LUCAS to offer lung cancer screening in Terra Alta, Kingwood

MORGANTOWN – LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Morgan, Tucker, and Preston counties offering low-dose computed tomography scans. A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, LUCAS will be at: -- Cranberry ...