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• WVU in the News: What Medicare For All could mean for WV

  Friday, February 21, 2020

  With the presidential campaign season in full swing, Democratic candidates have made Medicare For All a household term, leaving many questioning what such a policy would look like in practice.

• Public Health students gain inspiration, insight from West Virginia Legislature

  Thursday, February 20, 2020

  Traveling from campus in Morgantown, eight women representing the West Virginia University School of Public Health made their way to Charleston in January for the annual Women’s and Girls’ Day at the West Virginia Legislature. This year’s session honored the centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment with the theme “Our Voices, Our Vote.”

• About 8 percent of West Virginia babies are exposed to alcohol shortly before birth

  Thursday, February 20, 2020

  About 8 percent of West Virginia newborns are exposed to alcohol two to four weeks before birth, according to a new study.

• WVU in the News: W.Va. lawmakers encourage "Icelandic model" study to combat youth addiction

  Tuesday, February 18, 2020

  A program that focuses on strengthening communities to delay the use of tobacco, drugs and alcohol in youth got the support of the House Committee for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse on Thursday.

• WVU in the News: Rural Community Health Scholars at WVU give back, learn about area needs

  Tuesday, February 18, 2020

  More than 30 West Virginia University students are getting a chance to learn about the needs of and offer a positive impact to rural and underserved West Virginians in need of health care.

• Renowned academic in public health and law to present spring 2020 Dean's Colloquium

  Monday, February 17, 2020

  Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, renowned academic in public health and law, will present "Legal Determinants of Global Public Health: Advancing the Right to Health" as part of the School of Public Health Dean's Colloquium Series from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, March 27, in 1909 Health Sciences North. Prior to his presentation will be a "Meet and Greet" from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in the Fukushima Lobby area, refreshments provided. All WVU students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. The event is free and open to the public. 

• Advocacy Day reinforces importance of engagement for Public Health resident

  Thursday, February 13, 2020

  Advocacy Day welcomes physicians, resident physicians and medical students to Charleston to learn about and participate in the legislative process by advocating for the interests of patients, public health and physicians.

• In rural hospitals, telemedicine may promote faster, noninvasive stroke treatments

  Thursday, February 13, 2020

  West Virginia University’s telestroke program connects rural hospitals throughout West Virginia—and across the Maryland border—with neurologists at WVU, who can offer insight into stroke cases. New research suggests that since the program’s launch in 2016, more patients at those hospitals are receiving prompt, noninvasive stroke treatments there, rather than being driven or flown somewhere else.

• WVU in the News: A proven method to care for our kids

  Friday, February 7, 2020

  During a recent address, Dr. Jeffrey Coben, dean of the School of Public Health at West Virginia University, said that a child’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) score is “more important than your cholesterol or blood pressure.” ACEs can include poverty, substance abuse, parental separation and neglect.

• Intersectional Health Fair set for Feb. 16

  Monday, February 3, 2020

  The West Virginia University Multicultural Association of Students in Healthcare (MASH) is hosting an Intersectional Health Fair on Sunday, Feb. 16.