West Virginia has the most severe shortage of psychiatrists in the country, according to an analysis published last week. The Mountain State only has 5.7% of the adequate supply of psychiatrists needed to serve the state’s population, which is the lowest percentage of any state in the nation, according to the 2026 Behavioral Health Report […]
The West Virginia Department of Health has appointed Carrie Jeffries and Dr. Soumya Prasad to lead the state’s Rural Health Transformation pro…
The West Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday approved two bills meant to help the state in the application process for the five-year, $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program. Delegates passed House Bill 4740 with a 92 to 1 vote. House Bill 4951, requiring physicians to complete continuing education in nutrition, passed with a […]
A bill advancing in the West Virginia Senate aims to prohibit out-of-state providers and organizations from sending abortion medication to West Virginia, where it’s mostly banned. Senate Bill 173 would make it a felony punishable by three to 10 years in prison for non-medical professionals to send abortifacients by mail or courier to a person […]
A higher percentage of West Virginians are obese than in any other part of the country.
POINT PLEASANT — Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., visited Rivers Health, a Marshall Health Network hospital along Valley Drive in Point Pleasant, Ma…
MORGANTOWN — The Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts federal Medicaid funding by 15% and could leave more than 50,000 West …
Editor's note:Â This is the last in a four-part series that looks at how West Virginia's counties are making choices about spending millions in…
President Donald Trump was recently diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common venous condition usually identified by swelling in t…
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that West Virginia can restrict access to the abortion pill, dismissing a challenge from dru…
