WVU Today At least 10 of Monongalia County’s 13 new COVID-19 cases Thursday are confirmed to be WVU students. According to a release issued by the university […]
Healthcare
Four test positive after visits to downtown bars
Four people, who all visited three downtown Morgantown bars on the same day, have contracted COVID-19, according to the Monongalia County Health Department. The health department is […]
Fairmont Medical sees patients
West Virginia University Health System opened Fairmont Medical Center Tuesday morning in what was the former Fairmont Regional Medical Center and hinted it may expand its presence […]
Commission hears of more COVID-19 cases
KINGWOOD — Cases of COVID-19 are still rising in Preston County. Jeannie Welch, public health nurse for the Preston County Health Department, told Preston County commissioners there […]
Health dept. hears from 10 fitness members
A client of Planet Fitness on Fort Pierpont Drive has tested positive for COVID-19, and Monongalia County Health Department is urging members who were there during a […]
DHHR completes investigation into COVID-19 case discrepancy
CHARLESTON — An investigation, ordered by Gov. Jim Justice last week after the number of active COVID-19 cases in Randolph County were found to be much lower […]
Boom goes the ER
Study: Fireworks injuries up after restrictions go down WVU Today All those pops and crackles ripping through your neighborhood at night could come with unwanted consequences — […]
Justice outline CARES money priorities, expands on Slemp ouster
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice opened his Friday press briefing with a bit more discussion of the ouster of Bureau of Public Health Commissioner Cathy Slemp, but […]
Slemp’s resignation letter: ‘Stay true to the science … move forward together’
MORGANTOWN — Former Bureau of Public Health Commissioner Cathy Slemp’s resignation letter makes no mention of the positive case-reporting errors by her bureau that led to her […]
WVU Heart and Vascular Institute removes COVID-19 patient from life support
The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute successfully removed its first COVID-19 patient from ECMO on June 16, after 514 hours of support. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, […]
