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  • WVU doctors and nurses work together to get tonsillectomy patients home faster

    Thursday, February 22, 2018

    After having their tonsils removed, patients often can’t leave the hospital for six hours, even if they bounce back from surgery sooner. Hospital policy commonly mandates a six-hour recovery time. But research led by Habib Zalzal, M.D., a resident in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, suggests that not all tonsillectomy patients have to wait that long.

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  • School of Medicine names Watson as chair of Neurology

    Thursday, February 22, 2018

    David Watson, M.D., has been named to lead the WVU School of Medicine’s Department of Neurology. Dr. Watson, associate professor and headache specialist, has been serving as interim chair of the department for more than a year.

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  • WVU in the News: Black Lung Disease Comes Storming Back in Coal Country

    Thursday, February 22, 2018

    Dr. Carl Werntz, associate professor in Occupational Medicine at WVU, offers expertise regarding black lung disease in the New York Times. 

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  • Immunology and Medical Microbiology students awarded research internships

    Wednesday, February 21, 2018

    The Immunology and Medical Microbiology (IMMB) program recently selected four sophomore students to participate in a research internship program offered by the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology.

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  • CDC to offer continuing education course on vaccine immunization in Morgantown

    Wednesday, February 21, 2018

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering a continuing education course titled CDC Pink Book Training: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases on April 10-11, 2018, at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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