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 […]
Healthcare
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 […]
Collaboration earns $1.35M grant to reduce impact of substance abuse
WVU Today McDowell County — in the southern coalfields of West Virginia — is the second-most at-risk in the nation for an HIV outbreak related to drug […]
Catholic Charities W.Va. wins $333K Innovation Challenge
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Catholic Charities West Virginia was announced as the winner of the Catholic Charities USA Social Innovation Challenge. CCWVa will receive a $333,333 grant for its innovative […]
Physical therapist helps patients cast votes
Relatively speaking, William Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan might not have anything on Rebekah Aranda. By the end of last week, more than 17 million citizens […]
Morgantown ready for dispensaries
Star City not happy with BOH delay The Monongalia County Board of Health has scheduled a special meeting for 8 a.m. Thursday to discuss proposed regulations regarding […]
Maintaining mental health during a pandemic
Locals chime in on virus-related coping methods for stress by Olivia Murrayomurray@dominionpost.com In late March, America was caught off-guard by the rapid escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Study tracks mask usage
Data collection started Oct. 5, runs through Nov. 22 WVU Today The rate of COVID-19 positivity among young adults has been higher than other age groups during […]
State sends COVID vaccine plan to CDC; Justice revisits CARES dollars spending
MORGANTOWN — The state submitted its COVID-19 vaccine plan to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Friday. Gov. Jim Justice held up a copy of the […]