(AP) — A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused by excess body fat.
Under recommendations released Tuesday night, ...
CADIZ — WVU Medicine Harrison Community Hospital received four new state-of-the-art Stryker beds for the inpatient floor in late October.
Harrison Community Hospital acquired these new beds through two grants, one from the Doris and Floyd Kimble Foundation and a second from the Charles M. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government clawed back more than $31 million in Social Security payments that improperly went to dead people, a recovery that one official said Wednesday was “just the tip of the iceberg.”
The money was reclaimed as part of a five-month pilot program after ...
SHADYSIDE — Shadyside Village Council started 2025 by naming a new council president and village solicitor.
Attorney Kelly Kotur was hired as the village solicitor while Councilman Robert “Bushwacker” Gorrell was voted council president.
Gorrell was nominated by council member Mike ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite failing to deliver his promise for broad student loan forgiveness, President Joe Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for more than 5 million Americans — more than any other president in U.S. history.
In a last-minute action on Monday, the ...
The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia has filed a lawsuit asking a court to stop the West Virginia Water Development Authority from giving a $5 million grant to a Catholic college based in Steubenville, Ohio.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the American Humanist Association ...