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Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Washington State grad shaping physical therapist assistants
MARIETTA - An alumnus of Washington State College of Ohio is mentoring future health care professionals. People have always been at the heart of the goals of Ryan Graham whose interest in sports medicine and rehabilitation has grown into a career dedicated to helping patients recover. A graduate of the...
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Flu shot pop up clinics available in Parkersburg and Waverly
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department announces the start of the flu vaccine program. “Appointments are available now,” said Christi Merrill, clinical director for the MOVHD. “Call the (local) office number and ask for a flu shot appointment.”. In addition to office appointments, MOVHD has...
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Portsmouth health department urges measles vaccinations after Meigs County case
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — The Portsmouth City Health Department is urging area residents to make sure they and their families are vaccinated against measles after health officials confirmed a case of the highly contagious disease in neighboring Meigs County. The department said in a Facebook post that it had received...
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For some West Virginians, a historic $450M Chemours settlement over forever chemicals is too little, too late
Many of the changes required by the settlement will take more than a decade to complete. The Trump administration also intends to roll back or delay enforcement of existing regulations on forever chemicals. Charlise Robinson recalls first hearing some buzz around issues with Parkersburg’s local water system back in 2000....
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Memorial Health System’s vascular surgery team earns highest star level award
Marietta, Ohio (WTAP) - The Memorial Health System (MHS) Vascular Surgery team earned the three-star Commitment to Vascular Quality Improvement Award from the Society for Vascular Surgery Quality Initiative (SVS VQI). The award recognizes the health system’s continued commitment to advancing the quality of vascular care. Three stars represent...
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WVU School of Dentistry Officially Opens Expanded, State-of-the-Art Clinics with Eight-Figure Price Tag
To better prepare tomorrow’s dentists to meet future patient needs, West Virginia University School of Dentistry students are learning and practicing in a newly renovated and expanded state-of-the-art facility at the only dental school in the Mountain State. Completion of the first phase of the multiphase project brings together...
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Camden Clark recognizes seventh nursing cohort
PARKERSBURG - Twelve local nursing students were recognized Thursday as members of the seventh Mid-Ohio Valley cohort of the WVU Medicine Aspiring Nurse Program. WVU Medicine Camden Clark held a signing ceremony for students from West Virginia Junior College and West Virginia University at Parkersburg. The program provides accepted students...
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Marietta residents fight fracking brine disposal, call it 'Russian roulette'
It's difficult to talk about Marietta without using the word "historic." The southeastern Ohio city of more than 13,000 residents sits at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, along the West Virginia border. It is home to the largest burial site of Revolutionary War soldiers in a single graveyard, ancient Indigenous archaeological sites dating to about 100 BC, is recognized as Ohio's first permanent American settlement in 1788, and the first organized seat of government for the Northwest Territory from which Ohio was formed. But the community is now dealing with a modern threat they fear could define the city's future. Since 2025, residents, activists and local organizers have sounded the alarm about the possibility that toxic, radioactive wastewater stored thousands of feet underground could migrate into the region's drinking water. They warn that contamination could trigger an environmental disaster. For years, trucks from neighboring Pennsylvania and West Virginia have crossed into Ohio to dump billions of gallons of radioactive wastewater known as brine – the chemical waste from fracking for oil and gas – thousands of feet underground through injection wells near Marietta's water supply. The brine is stored deep underground between porous rock formations that, in
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: C8, water and household pollution management
If you live in the Mid-Ohio Valley and rely on public water, it is worth knowing whether your community is filtering for C8 and other forever chemicals. The region is widely known for C8 contamination linked to DuPont Washington Works. What most people probably don't realize is that Parkersburg, the community most closely identified with this global crisis, has yet to implement a filtration system to deal with the problem.
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Contaminants found after massive Parkersburg warehouse fire, but below federal action levels
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Environmental testing following the massive July warehouse fire in Parkersburg has detected low concentrations of contaminants in some soil, produce, vegetation and honey samples, although state officials say results received so far have not reached federal action levels or warranted additional protective measures. The findings are...