Residents and employees of the Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care in Morgantown continue to slowly recover from the COVID-19 virus almost a month after the first case […]
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WVU Medicine receives Approval for immunotherapy
WVU Medicine pediatric and adult allergist and immunologist Brian Peppers received Investigational New Drug approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the experimental treatment of […]
Gov. Justice orders schools closed for rest of school year; distance learning to continue
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced during his Tuesday coronavirus press briefing that kids won’t be returning to their school buildings for the rest of the school […]
Fourth COVID death at facility
Nursing home retests 15 residents, 9 workers Monday A fourth resident of Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care facility in Morgantown died Saturday of COVID-19 complications. The 85-year-old […]
Morgantown-Fairmont among cleanest U.S. cities in Lung Association air pollution report
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown is a good place to breathe, according to an otherwise mostly gloomy air pollution report from the American Lung Association. The Morgantown-Fairmont Metropolitan Statistical […]
Justice: Hospitals can gear up, apply to resume elective procedures
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice again focused his Monday coronavirus press briefing on restarting the state, and announced an executive order to take the first step in […]
Many older patients still struggle with telemedicine
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, more patients are using their computers or smartphones to visit doctors virtually instead of in person. But not everyone who needs to […]
MCHD epidemiologist Dr. Diane Gross was on front lines of Ebola outbreak
Every morning for the past several weeks, Dr. Diane K. Gross helps kick off Monongalia County Health Department’s daily briefing by updating staff on the region’s number […]
Capito, Manchin share more thoughts on the Paycheck Protection Plan and rebooting the nation post-COVID-19
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito offered her thoughts Friday on restocking the tapped-out Paycheck Protection Program for small business loans, and a few additional comments on […]
WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute first in the world to open hippocampal blood brain barrier in Alzheimer’s patients
WVU MedicineThe West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute has a new study, published in partnership with Weill Cornell Medical Center, that demonstrates the successful opening of the […]
