Nation’s infectious disease doc delivers at WVU conference A vaccine for COVID-19 may be available before the end of the year, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor […]
Healthcare
Justice urges overtaxed health departments to reach out for help; urges residents to keep doing the right things as numbers rise
MORGANTOWN — A sudden dip in state COVID-19 cases, tied to a paperwork problem, led Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday to urge county health departments to call […]
Justice pledges to ramp up COVID testing, discusses nationwide case spike
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice made an impromptu announcement at the close of Monday’s COVID-19 briefing, about beefing up testing. “I just really get the feeling in […]
Campaign hopes to reduce the stigma of substance use disorder
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Jeri started taking prescription pain pills in her 30s, which “took me down a dark path to other dangerous drugs that nearly took my life.” After […]
Program hopes to turn tide on obesity in kids
Spotting risk factors is key to prevention WVU Today A group of West Virginia University researchers is working to change the narrative on childhood obesity and physical […]
Owner of possible dispensary seeks business rezoning
Building now R1, discussion to shift to B1 KINGWOOD — Kingwood hopes to work out a way to follow its zoning ordinance and still allow a medical […]
Don’t rush a COVID-19 vaccine
Salk’s son talks about COVID Do the necessary clinical work and don’t rush a vaccine for COVID-19. That’s what Peter Salk, son of polio vaccine inventor Jonas […]
Mon Health System, Mylan Park host event
Features costume parade, movie night, flu shots Newsroom@DominionPost.com With Halloween around the corner, Mon Health System and Mylan Park are teaming up again to provide safe, socially […]
Sheriff Dept. hosts Drug Take Back Day
If you have unneeded, unwanted or expired prescriptions at home but are unsure how to best dispose of them, you’ll have the opportunity to do so safely […]
Preston has 20 new COVID cases in six days
KINGWOOD — “I really hope this is not a sign of what is to come with winter.” That was Preston County Health Department Director V.J. Davis’s response […]
