GLENVILLE, West Virginia, Nov. 18 -- Glenville State College issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2023: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development West Virginia State Director Ryan Thorn today announced that Rural Development is investing $3.2 million in 4 organizations to help people in rural West Virginia access remote education and health care resources. Rural Development is making this announcement on National Rural Health Day. "At Rural Development we're committed t more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Nov. 18 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Ashalia Aggarwal (pictured), a second-year medical student at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has been named the 2023 Outstanding Rural Health Student of the Year by the West Virginia Rural Health Association (WVRHA). Aggarwal established in March 2016, while still in high school, the Giving Palm, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing inspirational books to teens d more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Nov. 18 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Marshall University and Marshall Health Network, along with Intermed Labs, today officially launched their partnership aimed at leading health care innovation in West Virginia and beyond. During a press conference at the university's Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex, Marshall President Brad D. Smith said the partnership provides the opportunity to launch and scale novel enterprises th more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The new sensor measures heart and breathing rate from patients with sleep apnea and could also be used to monitor people at risk of opioid overdose. * * * By Anne Trafton Diagnosing sleep disorders such as sleep apnea usually requires a patient to spend the night in a sleep lab, hooked up to a variety of sensors and monitors. Researchers from MIT, Celero Systems, and West more PR

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Nov. 18 -- West Virginia University issued the following news on Nov. 17, 2023: The West Virginia University Board of Governors learned about a potential breakthrough from the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute for those suffering from opioid use disorder shortly after it was announced Friday (Nov. 17). The RNI conducted a first-in-human study using smart pill technology to identify early indications of an overdose. President Gordon Gee highlighted the achieveme more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 18 -- The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources issued the following news release: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment & Training (E&T), a job placement and training program within the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources' (DHHR) Bureau for Family Assistance, is partnering with Blenko Glass Company to provide paid on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities for SNAP E&T participants. Blenko Gla more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 18 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2023: On Thursday, the Public Service Commission of West Virginia launched a general investigation into a water line break and natural gas outage that affected hundreds of customers in Charleston. On Nov. 10 a widespread natural gas outage occurred, that has left hundreds of customers of Mountaineer Gas Company on Charleston's west side without service. On the same more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 18 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2023: State Treasurer Riley Moore, who serves as Chairman of the Hope Scholarship Board, today applauded an opinion from Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's Office that will help clarify and protect the educational choice rights of parents and students seeking eligibility for the Hope Scholarship Program. "This legal opinion makes clear that public school systems cannot more PR

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Nov. 18 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: The Fall 2023 issue of West Virginia Executive introduces the Young Guns Class of 2024 - with a familiar WVWC face on the cover. President James Moore is one of 10 individuals honored in the magazine on the magazine for their exceptional efforts to improve their communities, state and world around them through dedication to their respected industries and service work. This issue is themed Education  more PR

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Nov. 18 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: Dentists throughout the Mountain State are enhancing oral health care education and clinical services at West Virginia University by donating the equivalent value of one procedure per month to upgrade School of Dentistry facilities. The collaborative effort has raised over $90,000 to support Transforming Oral Health: The Campaign for Facilities, an ongoing fu more PR