Announcements
WVU names 2023 class of Ruby Fellows
Five students, each deeply passionate about their education and research, are receiving funding from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows program to aid in their future academic endeavors at West Virginia University.
CMS withdraws COVID-19 vaccination requirement
On June 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule in the Federal Register that withdraws COVID-19 vaccination mandates for all healthcare provider types. This final rule becomes effective Friday, Aug. 4.
WVU in the News: Exploring Workers’ Compensation Injury Claims among Firefighters
A recently published research article by School of Public Health Assistant Professor Tyler Quinn and fellow researchers explored patterns and characteristics of workers’ compensation injury claims over a 17-year period among firefighters in Ohio.
WVU in the News: Officials keeping an eye on uptick of COVID cases
Though the pandemic is officially over, Dr. Clay Marsh continues to track COVID-19 cases.
WVU in the News: Pandemic slowed cancer diagnoses, but late-stage cancers came back with a vengeance
While some cancers can be detected by screening — such as lung, breast, colon, and cervical — others require access to primary care, timely referral to specialists, and diagnostic tests. In the early months of the pandemic, however, much of this went silent, according to Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, director of the West Virginia University Cancer Institute.
WVU in the News: Introducing Tiskelwah Park
Last month, Be Wild, Be Wonderful, Be Healthy--a CDC initiative being carried out by West Virginia University and WVU Extension--unveiled a new park in Clay County. School of Public Health Associate Professor Christiaan Abildso serves on the Be Wild, Be Wonderful, Be Healthy Executive Management Board and credits collaboration, combined with a fresh perspective, for making the project a success.
WVU Eastern Campus medical students present unique case at national psychiatric conference
Fourth-year medical student Megan Evans and third-year medical student Aayushi Agarwal from the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s Eastern Campus recently gave a presentation on a unique case of a rare brain condition caused by opioid use at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting held in San Francisco, Calif., from May 20-24.
WVU in the News: How the ‘groundbreaking’ Henrietta Lacks settlement could change research
Earlier this week, the biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific reached a settlement with the family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman who had cells taken from her without consent more than 70 years ago. The cervical cancer cells, removed during Lacks’s treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, were shared widely because of their ability to survive and divide indefinitely in the laboratory — and have led to numerous scientific discoveries. Eventually, they made their way into the hands of companies such as Thermo Fisher in Waltham, Massachusetts, which sells products derived from the cells.
WVU in the News: ‘Tomayto, tomahto’: Shepherdstown residents benefit from WVU Medicine healthy eating program
Since its launch in 2018, WVU School of Medicine’s Eastern Campus Farm to You program has brought fresh produce to local residents at WVU Medicine clinics throughout the Eastern Panhandle.
WVU in the News: Experts warn the U.S. lacks COVID resources as cases tick up again
A recent uptick in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations is hinting at how the virus will keep raising a predictable seasonal threat. But experts warn the U.S. is lacking critical tools to help manage future waves.