Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState lawmakers are weighing the pros and cons of a certificate process that requires health center to prove their services are needed in a community before opening.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCancer advocates are petitioning West Virginia’s governor to consider an investment for tobacco prevention in his expected call for a special session in August.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNursing had the highest overall rates of vacancies and turnovers of all the professions studied in a hospital workforce report.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAnnually, West Virginia hospitals treat 6.8 million people with 5.6 million of those patients being treated in outpatient care.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia’s hospitals continue to navigate an altered landscape since the onset of COVID-19. While there has been progress over the past year, hospitals in West Virginia still face a broad ranging shortage of healthcare workers. Health care providers struggle with a backlog of care for patients, problems with supply chains, mounting financial pressures and legislative changes to insurance.
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