MORGANTOWN — A few of the COVID numbers dipped back downward Wednesday and Gov. Jim Justice expressed some optimism. “We think we’re at the peak level,” he […]
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
Justice and team: CDC opens door for Pfizer boosters for those six months past second dose
MORGANTOWN — The CDC opened the door on Friday for just about anyone who’s had the Pfizer vaccine to get a booster, Gov. Jim Justice said, and […]
Sen. Capito sounds off on Afghanistan, Haitian migrant crisis, new voting rights bill
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito shared her thoughts with West Virginia press Thursday on the ongoing chaos in Afghanistan, the southern border crisis and the new […]
Justice, Hoyer reveal CDC was double-counting pharmacy vaccine numbers; state vaccine rate about 10% lower than previously thought
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice revealed on Wednesday what he called a “cannonball to the stomach” regarding the state’s vaccination rate: It’s way lower than what they […]
WVU Medicine, Mon Health optimistic about staff complying with vaccine mandates
MORGANTOWN — President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates have garnered some negative response among health care workers across the country, so The Dominion Post contacted WVU Medicine and […]
Justice: COVID surge may be peaking; new Saving Our Care program will help hospitals stay afloat
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team believe the Delta-charged COVID surge may have peaked, or nearly so. Following a Monday morning “breakfast summit,” they announced […]
Advocates hope for funding for HCBS
MORGANTOWN – Among the items Congress is debating for its $3.5 trillion social infrastructure package is a proposal for $400 of additional funding for Home and Community […]
COVID numbers reach record highs; antibody treatments to be offered at more sites in 30 counties
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s COVID numbers have hit an all-time pandemic peak, Gov. Jim Justice said Friday. But no mandates are in the wing – he still […]
AG Morrisey joins 23 others to urge Biden to reconsider his national vaccine mandate
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Thursday signed onto a 24-state letter calling on President Biden to rethink his national vaccine mandate. “Your plan is […]
Justice illustrates his case: It’s the unvaccinated filling hospital beds and ICUs
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice told the story on Wednesday with two color-coded charts. The charts showed the the shape of West Virginia filled with little people […]