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Healthcare
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 […]
200K could lose ACA insurance
If the Affordable Care Act is overturned, nearly 200,000 West Virginians would lose their health care insurance and 16,000 jobs in the state would be lost. These […]
National Drug Take Back Day partnership
Newsroom@DominionPost.com West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced his office will be involved in this weekend’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by partnering with the Morgantown […]
Transplant program fills need in state
WVU Medicine Jeremy Cushwa isn’t the type of guy to back down from a challenge. Diagnosed with renal failure nearly five years ago, Cushwa, 31, began a […]