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Proper skin protection important all year
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (179+ words) Times West Virginian Aracelly Welden has worked as an esthetician at 127 House Salon & Day Spa for a year. She said protection from the sun is an important part of skin care. Aracelly Walden carries three lines of products she recommends…...
Farewell Sissy: Elephant who survived historic zoo flooding in 1981 passes at 58
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (208+ words) Times West Virginian Sissy the elephant interacts with a Frank Buck Zoo employee. Sissy greets zoo visitors in Gainesville. A T-shirt graphic shows how Sissy (formerly Gerry II) survived a historic flood by breathing through her trunk. A beloved elephant who…...
Pierpont nursing students learn empathy, self-care during Mental Health Week
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (200+ words) Times West Virginian Severe Thunderstorm Watch from TUE 1:13 PM EDT until TUE 8:00 PM EDT A golden retriever service dog interacts with the community at the Advance Technology Center during LPN Mental Health Week. Therapy ponies came to visit Pierpont during…...
Mon County pools advised to close because of poor air quality as Canadian wildfire smoke enters WV
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (229+ words) Times West Virginian Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia, is covered in smoke from Canadian wildfires the morning of Friday, July 17, 2026. CHARLESTON â Health officials in Monongalia County are recommending that outdoor pools close and camps and daycare facilities…...
First Choice Services expands to Fairmont, to add crisis counselor positions
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (215+ words) Times West Virginian FAIRMONT â A Charleston-based nonprofit that operates multiple behavioral heath helplines has expanded to Fairmnt. First Choice Services, which operates the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, is expanding its statewide operations with the opening of a new office in…...
Fairmont State nursing students take health care to the street
1+ week, 1+ day ago (172+ words) Fairmont State nursing student Carolanne Todd gives nursing student Cota Graham a blood pressure reading on July 8, 2026. Fairmont State Nursing Students Carolanne Todd and Abigail Ward give fellow student Cota Graham a blood pressure screening on July 8 at the school's…...
West Virginia has one of the highest chronic disease burdens in the nation. Congress has a plan but hasn't funded it.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (199+ words) Times West Virginian I went into pulmonology because West Virginia has some of the worst lung disease in the country. Coal dust. Tobacco. Poverty. Environmental exposures that compound over decades and show up in my patientsâ charts long after the…...
Do metals found in tampons pose a health risk? A new FDA study provides an answer
1+ week, 6+ day ago (213+ words) Times West Virginian Flood Watch from FRI 10:00 AM EDT until FRI 10:00 PM EDT A new FDA study found trace amounts of heavy metals like arsenic and lead in tampons, but not enough to cause harm. A new study from the…...
Obamacare premiums likely to surge again next year
1+ week, 6+ day ago (200+ words) Times West Virginian A man gets a checkup at a mobile health clinic in Parlier, Calif. A new report details preliminary Obamacare insurer premium rate increases. Health insurance premiums are likely to grow more expensive next year for those who…...
Protect global child health funding in the FY2027 budget
2+ week, 5+ day ago (237+ words) Times West Virginian Extreme Heat Warning until SAT 8:00 PM EDT As an international student from Ghana studying in West Virginia, I often think about how differently a child's future can unfold depending on where that child is born. I have…...