These are the COVID numbers Donna Talerico doesn’t mind passing along. More than 1,250 employees of Monongalia County schools have been fully vaccinated to date in clinics […]
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COVID issues dominate Preston School Board meeting
KINGWOOD — At Monday night’s two-hour Preston County Board of Education meeting some board members said they wouldn’t vote for a vaccine mandate, the board and concerned […]
Justice raises stakes on his get-vaccinated plea: Mom tells story of her MMA-fighter son who refused vax, is now on ventilator
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice aimed to up the impact of his ongoing plea to get vaccinated, drawing on the testimony of a Kanawha County mother and […]
Mon schools to remain open — for now
MORGANTOWN — Another 55 students tested positive for COVID last week in Monongalia County schools. The number of classmates now in quarantine as a precaution is up […]
Morgantown Cleanup Project, Health Right team up to offer sharps cleanup training
MORGANTOWN — When Morgantown Deputy Mayor Danielle Trumble started the Morgantown Cleanup Project Facebook group, she expected a handful of friends to sign on. In less than […]
Project integrates care for HIV, hepatitis C and opioid-use-disorder
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University researcher Judith Feinberg has partnered with colleagues at Yale University to integrate services for opioid use disorder, the hepatitis C virus and […]
Country Doctors bring personal touch to family medicine practice in Masontown
MASONTOWN — The Mays weren’t always doctors. Albert used to work construction, and when their children were little they were clowns known as Pockets and Pounds. Now, […]
QRT Grief Support Group works to heal, reduce stigma
MORGANTOWN — While the COVID-19 pandemic surges, there is a quieter epidemic that has been plaguing West Virginia for years: overdose. According to the National Institutes of […]
Increased flu cases may follow previous historically low season
MORGANTOWN—With winter just around the corner, area experts have some concerns of what last year’s mild influenza season might mean for the coming one. “I don’t know […]
Mon health officer: Roll up your sleeve for you and your community
Three F’s and a D. No, it isn’t your kid’s report card from his first freshman semester after going off to college. It is, however, a societal […]
