Whole milk could return as an option in school cafeterias, according to a bill supported by Sen. Jim Justice.
A federally funded program that provides vouchers for low-income seniors to access locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs and honey from farmers markets and roadside stands has been made available again this year.
West Virginia Health Right's new mobile unit is "a classroom, a clinic and a lifeline," according to Angie Settle, CEO of West Virginia Health Right.Â
Malcolm Carpenter recalls playing basketball when he heard something pop in his left leg.
Editor's note: NECCO Foster Care program director Jamie Sartin was misidentifed in an earlier version of this story.
Fentanyl continues to be the main driver behind West Virginia’s overdose crisis. But the state prohibits more of the treatment scientists say would save lives.
Two legal advocacy organizations filed legal action Friday over an executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey that requires the state health officials to recognize religious and philosophical exemptions to the state’s schools vaccine mandates — exemptions that are not a part of state law.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved a far-reaching budget reconciliation package that, if enacted, would sever at least tens of thousands of West Virginians’ access to health and social safety net programs.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has formally asked the federal government to disallow the state’s food assistance program from paying for soda. Morrisey submitted a request for a waiver to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to make the change, the governor announced in a video…
On a Thursday evening in Parkersburg, a group of local residents gathered to discuss West Virginia foster care — a system that is struggling from top to bottom with thousands of kids in care.
The case is closed on whether the Kanawha-ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Board of Health will make an amendment to the Clean Indoor Air Act that would allow smoking in Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Friday issued guidance for how families who object to vaccines on religious and philosophical grounds can receive exemptions to the state’s school immunization requirements.
A new thrift store has opened on ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä’s West Side to benefit West Virginia’s largest hospice care agency.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey has signed lawmakers’ key foster care measure into law — House Bill 2880, an omnibus bill that folded together several pieces of legislation. It includes creating a team to review the death of a foster child that occurred while in state care.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice wrote in a legal filing released Monday that three GOP-led states attempting to overturn federal prescribing guidelines for medication abortion have sought to keep a case going in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority and Metro 911 will soon implement a new dispatch system for KCEAA ambulances.
Raze, a youth-led program aimed at preventing youth smoking and vaping in West Virginia for more than 20 years, will end this summer because of state and federal funding cuts, the organization said Thursday.
HUNTINGTON — Most people have seen at least one or two scenes from a TV medical drama at some point: Everything is always high stakes, high stress and fast-paced. And the patient’s diagnosis is never the most obvious one.
HURRICANE — A $45 million expansion project at CAMC Teays Valley Hospital in Hurricane will create a 50,000-square-foot addition to the hospital complete with three new operating rooms, a vascular lab, two endoscopy rooms and 22 private preoperative/postoperative rooms.
Cabin Creek Health Systems held a grand opening Wednesday for its newest facility, the Westside Health Center on ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä’s West Side.
West Virginia lawmakers on Monday walked back a measure that would have put more than 165,000 residents at risk of losing their health care coverage through Medicaid expansion.
West Virginia spent nearly $70 million paying to house foster children in out-of-state facilities last year because the state doesn’t have the capacity to keep children close to home. The astronomical price tag includes housing, feeding, medicating and educating hundreds of youth in foster care.
A gut rehab surgery in 2016 left Debbie Kinder, 58, with an ileostomy that diverts waste from her small intestine to a wearable pouch. She started keeping her supplies — pouches, odor eliminators, skin prep materials and barrier protectors — in a closet in her North ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä home.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed House Bill 2354 into law Monday, prohibiting certain food dyes from being used as an ingredient in school lunches and in food items sold in West Virginia.
The Kanawha-ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Board of Health voted Thursday afternoon to give the public a chance to weigh in on whether Mardi Gras Casino & Resort in Cross Lanes should receive an exemption from the county’s Clean Indoor Air Act, which has prohibited indoor smoking since 2008.
A bill that would loosen West Virginia’s strict school vaccination requirements is headed for a vote by the full House of Delegates without a key component that Gov. Patrick Morrisey ordered earlier this year — religious and philosophical exemptions to those requirements.
The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health has issued an alert about a confirmed case of measles at Washington Dulles International Airport on March 5.
Jessica Carter remembers the moment she discovered she had breast cancer. It was a carefree moment, a normal evening in April 2024 when she was listening to music and preparing for a shower while the kids were gone.
The Trump administration has undercut public health programs in West Virginia by blocking employees in the federal agencies supporting them from their work, according to sources familiar with the programs.
Editor's note: This story has been updated with new information about more job cuts expected in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Despite a defeat in the House Committee on Health and Human Resources last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey remains hopeful that some sort of repeal for Certificate of Need will be adopted by lawmakers this legislative session.
Late Wednesday, health officials with the Kentucky Department for Public Health and Franklin County Health Department announced a confirmed case of measles in an adult Kentucky resident.
As we trudge through the depths of another cold, snowy winter in the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä area, we hear coughs and sneezes all around us.
The West Virginia Hospital Association — which represents 72 hospitals throughout the state — reiterated its stance against a policy pledged by Gov. Patrick Morrisey in his State of the State address last week.
The Senate Health Committee advanced a bill Thursday loosening the vaccine requirements for West Virginia school children.
President Donald Trump’s administration has drawn the ire of health care professionals and advocates by moving to cut $4 billion annually in federal funding for research from universities, hospitals and medical centers nationwide.
State health officials say West Virginia saw “a growing atmosphere of anti-vaccine sentiment†in 2023, as evidenced by a “marked increase†in parents seeking medical exemptions for all school-required vaccines for their children. In past years, exemption requests have mostly been for the mea…
A new chapter in cancer care has begun in South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä with the opening of the WVU Cancer Institute at Thomas Memorial Hospital. The transformation of a former physical therapy space into a new state-of-the-art treatment center will allow the hospital to expand its oncology services and …
Communities across West Virginia have long struggled with aging water infrastructure, causing dayslong — or even weekslong — water outages and boil notice advisories as the state’s water systems have reported more than a billion dollars worth of necessary upgrades.
“Every time it rains, I’m in complete PTSD mode.â€
Patients in the Kanawha Valley and Southern West Virginia now have expanded and more convenient access to cardiac electrophysiology services. WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals, in partnership with the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, welcomed Dr. Abdul Wase to its Thomas Memorial Hospital campus.
If asked how she feels these days, 88-year-old Sara Joseph has words of hope. But preceding that hope was a night of despair.
HURRICANE — To live with half a heart is not to live half a life, according to the Baker family. And they would know.
HUNTINGTON — What a person eats and how healthy their heart is are deeply connected.
Standing on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol, Patrick Morrisey delivered more than an inauguration speech upon becoming the state’s 37th governor.
Brian Cunningham, who led the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency for about a year and a half, has left the position, a spokesperson for PEIA confirmed Wednesday.
HURRICANE — Health officials have confirmed local cases of the highly contagious disease pertussis, also known as whooping cough, this month.
The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority has approved significant rate increases for its ambulance services in an effort to address a $4 million budget shortfall. The move comes as the agency faces rising operational costs and seeks to improve its services across Kanawha County.
U.S. Attorney Will Thompson is hosting ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä’s first HOPE Family Drug Summit, on Wednesday at the University of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
West Virginia Delegate Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, played a key role in securing up to $5 million in state funding for an out-of-state Catholic school and its right-wing advocacy plans from a fund typically tapped for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
New parents on New Year’s Day was the theme in the labor and delivery units at ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä area hospitals Wednesday.
Mike Plante struggled with his weight for years, but within six months of starting with the injection drug semaglutide, a medication for diabetes that’s also being used for weight-loss, he’s down 65 pounds.
West Virginia First Foundation announced the recipients Monday of its Initial Opportunity Grants, which will use settlement funds to support initiatives addressing the opioid crisis.
Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly named a statewide addiction recovery project that goes by the acronym ACCORN, which stands for Appalachian Continuum of Care for Overdose Reduction Network.
