Marshall Health

A first of its kind rural medicine program at Marshall University has received initial accreditation.

A new surgery technique developed by lifelong state resident Dr. Chad Lavender helps to improve successes in orthopedic cases like ACL tears.

The City of Huntington and Cabell County are in federal court, taking prescription opioid distributors to task. If the city and county win their lawsuit, that could result in a payout of tens of millions of dollars. And in theory, that money could help fix the problem. Health reporter June Leffler asked Dr. Lyn O’Connell how much a big settlement could loosen the grip opioids have on her community.

Medical experts have spent years promoting telehealth as an option for rural areas with little access to in-person care.Now, after West Virginia Gov. Jim…

Testing for the coronavirus is beginning to ramp up in West Virginia. On Thursday, the state Department of Health and Human Resources reported 224 people…

Renovations have started on a building that will become apartments for women undergoing treatment for substance abuse in West Virginia.Marshall University…

A Marshall University physician has been awarded a five-year almost 11 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate obesity…

The former corporate headquarters of Patriot Coal in Scott Depot has been sold.Marshall Health expects to start converting the three-story office building…

Cabell Huntington Hospital wants to buy St. Mary’s Medical Center. The Herald-Dispatch reports that the West Virginia Health Care Authority has granted a…