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Retired doctor pays it forward, creates scholarship for WVU medical students
Thursday, December 11, 2025
A retired ophthalmologist is celebrating the 45th anniversary of his graduation from the West Virginia University School of Medicine with a $50,000 scholarship gift to benefit future medical students from West Virginia.Read Retired doctor pays it forward, creates scholarship for WVU medical students full story
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Teaching faculty recognized during inaugural Excellence in Education: Teaching Faculty Symposium
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Three teaching faculty were honored during the Excellence in Education: Teaching Faculty Symposium. -
WVU in the News: Two Appalachian states bound by one epidemic take different paths forward
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
The opioid epidemic has quietly shaped daily life across Appalachia for decades. Although addiction touches every corner of the U.S., the burden in Appalachia is heavier and more persistent. At the start of the 2000s, overdose death rates in Appalachian counties mirrored the rest of the nation. By 2017, those same counties saw overdose death rates 72% higher than non-Appalachian areas, according to the 2019 Opioids in Appalachia report by the National Association of Counties and the Appalachian Regional Commission. -
WVU in the News: Do You Know What Hepatitis Is?
Monday, December 8, 2025
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel recommended against routinely providing the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. It’s a move that public health experts worry will put more infants at risk of infection.Read WVU in the News: Do You Know What Hepatitis Is? full story
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WVU in the News: ‘60 Minutes’ inspires Dallas woman to support focused ultrasound research at WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Monday, December 8, 2025
In early 2024, Jean Drever Young was enjoying a Sunday evening at her Dallas home when she was struck by a segment she saw on “60 Minutes.”