Services teamed up to warn about syphilis outbreaks in area Newsroom@DominionPost.com When Monongalia County Health Department was alerted to a syphilis outbreak in spring 2019, Dr. Lee […]
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WVU study: Gaiters are helpful in containing wearers’ exhaled droplets
WVU Today Experts with the West Virginia University Center for Inhalation Toxicology found that – assuming it’s a good fit – a gaiter will, despite recent reports, […]
Mon Health and Fairmont State announce F2M Partnership
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Mon Health System and Fairmont State University recently launched the Mon Health Scholars Program & the F2M Partnership. The new partnership between Fairmont State University’s School […]
Toxicologist earns $3M NIH grant
Study to look at pollution’s impact on lung healing WVU Today Each time we breathe in, we’re not inhaling just one component that seeps into our lungs. […]
Last year’s concerns are still prevalent
It’s interesting to look back at the summer of 2019 and consider the big public health concerns at the time. Two big topics were rabies and measles. […]
Acuity Specialty Hospital offers long-term acute care in Morgantown
Nestled inside the fourth floor of Mon Health Medical Center’s north tower is Morgantown’s newest hospital: Acuity Specialty Hospital of Morgantown. It’s inside Mon Health but its […]
Dormitory visitation will be restricted
Administration hopes all faculty, even those not on campus, will do wellness checks In the final campus wide conversation before the fall semester starts, senior West Virginia […]
University announces daily wellness surveys
Less than two weeks before students return to Morgantown, West Virginia University officials announced further plans to keep the student population safe this fall. The university said […]
67 positive COVID tests, more than 11K negative
WVU Today A week after launching its public dashboard to track and compile COVID-19 information collected during testing across the West Virginia University System, a total of […]
30 nursing homes across state see COVID outbreaks; visitation ban, testing, other measures in talks
MORGANTOWN — Most involve just one or two people, and they’re trying to keep the outbreaks contained, he said. They’re not quite the same as community-spread outbreaks, […]
