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• WVU in the News: Health economist puts harm of prescription opioids in Cabell, Huntington at more than $3 billion

  Friday, June 18, 2021

  The estimated price tag on the harm caused by prescription opioids in the Cabell County-Huntington community is more than $3 billion, according to a Harvard University health economist who testified Thursday in the federal trial against the prescription drug wholesalers accused of fueling the opioid epidemic.

• WVU in the News: Faith-community nurses promote physical activity among congregants

  Thursday, June 17, 2021

  If someone joins a church, mosque or synagogue, they may be seeking better emotional or spiritual health. But according to research out of West Virginia University, faith communities have the potential to promote physical wellbeing, as well.

• WVU School of Medicine welcomes new residents and fellows

  Thursday, June 17, 2021

  The West Virginia University School of Medicine recently welcomed a class of 206 new resident and fellow physicians to the graduate medical education program located at the Morgantown, Harpers Ferry and Parkersburg campuses.

• WVU to fully reopen campuses for fall 2021 semester

  Tuesday, June 15, 2021

  With recent decreases in COVID-19 cases across the country and the knowledge that COVID-19 vaccines are extremely safe and effective, West Virginia University now plans to fully reopen its campuses this fall.

• WVU Medicine Children’s named top children’s hospital in West Virginia, Pediatric Urology nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report

  Tuesday, June 15, 2021

  WVU Medicine Children’s has been named the top children’s hospital in West Virginia by U.S. News & World Report, which also ranked Children's Pediatric Urology Program 35th in the nation – up two spots from last year – marking the Program’s fourth consecutive national ranking.

• WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute first in region, among first in U.S. to offer latest deep brain stimulation technology for patients with Parkinson’s

  Monday, June 14, 2021

  The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) today (June 14) announced the first procedure in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and among the first in the U.S., to use new deep brain stimulation (DBS) technology that has the potential to improve the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, tremor, dystonia, and other movement disorders.

• Scholarship initiative provides $389K to students affected by pandemic

  Monday, June 14, 2021

  Generous support from West Virginia University alumni, donors and friends is empowering more than 400 students in need to proceed with their educations amid the enduring economic challenges of COVID-19.

• WVU in the News: WV health experts worry new law will ignite ‘powder kegs’ amid HIV outbreak

  Friday, June 11, 2021

  West Virginia is facing its second large HIV outbreak in two years, and the federal government is in Charleston to help. But there’s a key difference between the tools that are available now, and the ones the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could use during Cabell County’s 2019 outbreak: new restrictions from both the capital city and the state on programs that distribute sterile syringes. 

• Like night and day: Animal studies may not translate to humans if time of day is disregarded

  Thursday, June 10, 2021

  Imagine being woken up at 3 a.m. to navigate a corn maze, memorize 20 items on a shopping list or pass your driver’s test. According to a new analysis out of West Virginia University, that’s often what it’s like to be a rodent in a biomedical study. Mice and rats, which make up the vast majority of animal models, are nocturnal. Yet a survey of animal studies across eight behavioral neuroscience domains showed that most behavioral testing is conducted during the day, when the rodents would normally be at rest.

• Why We Should All Choose Vaccination

  Tuesday, June 8, 2021

  The COVID-19 pandemic has decreased markedly in numbers of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths in West Virginia and in the United States. However, when carefully looking at the data, it is evident that the impact of reduced COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are largely in our residents who are fully vaccinated.