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Healthcare
Justice and team: CDC opens door for Pfizer boosters for those six months past second dose
MORGANTOWN — The CDC opened the door on Friday for just about anyone who’s had the Pfizer vaccine to get a booster, Gov. Jim Justice said, and […]
Justice, Hoyer reveal CDC was double-counting pharmacy vaccine numbers; state vaccine rate about 10% lower than previously thought
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice revealed on Wednesday what he called a “cannonball to the stomach” regarding the state’s vaccination rate: It’s way lower than what they […]
COLUMN: Stretch, but don’t stretch yourself too thin
If you haven’t heard this today, you’re doing a great job. Our toughest critics are often ourselves — in fact, we will be the first to tell […]
WVU Medicine, Mon Health optimistic about staff complying with vaccine mandates
MORGANTOWN — President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates have garnered some negative response among health care workers across the country, so The Dominion Post contacted WVU Medicine and […]
Save a Life Day Saturday in Mon County
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Sam Shawish used substances and got clean a few times, once for more than two years. But a little over a year ago, on Sept. 4, […]
Justice: COVID surge may be peaking; new Saving Our Care program will help hospitals stay afloat
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team believe the Delta-charged COVID surge may have peaked, or nearly so. Following a Monday morning “breakfast summit,” they announced […]
WVU Medicine program designed to reduce barriers to care
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine is implementing a new program through its electronic medical record system, EPIC, to help address social determinants of health, or barriers, that affect […]
Officer says QRT team would benefit Preston
KINGWOOD — A search for naloxone led a Kingwood police officer to the Monongalia County Quick Response Team. “I was responding to overdose calls, and I would […]
WVU Medicine announces crisis-level standard of care
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine is now operating at a crisis-level standard of care, according to a social media announcement from the hospital. This standard of care is […]
