North Central West Virginia

Mental Health had become a focus for staff and students at West Virginia University after a sudden death on campus.

More than 34 million Americans have diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Your chances of developing type 2 diabetes depend on a combination of risk factors such as your genes and lifestyle.

Most accidental poisonings involve children under 6 years of age and occur in the home.

Food insecurity leads to other stemming health factors that ca greatly affect families.

In nearly every Appalachian and Delta community, residents die on average before their 78th birthday, which is the average life expectancy in the United States. Health care providers are working on innovative ways to combat the unique disparities in the regions.

In 358 of the 662 counties in the Appalachian and Delta regions, adults had higher-than-average diabetes rates.

Cancer claims millions of lives in the U.S. each year. Access to treatment, preventative care and screenings is a unique hardship for some people in rural areas.

The Health Resources and Services Administration classifies geographic areas as medically underserved based on them having too few primary care doctors, a high infant mortality rate, high poverty or a high elderly population.

A Lewis County man, Rick Thayer, has come up with an ‘eggtastic’ idea to help those in the community.

Legislators announced a bipartisan effort Tuesday to put a cap on diabetes drugs and supplies.

The regulatory changes Biden is asking federal health officials to undertake aren't likely to happen overnight because hastily written rules are more easily overturned in court.