MORGANTOWN – The job of sexual assault nurse examiner – SANE – may not be well known, but SANEs play a key part in aiding rape victims. […]
Healthcare
Legislators, business leaders get a look at medical technology innovation company Intermed Labs at Mon Health
MORGANTOWN – It’s a bare bones room on the top floor of the upper building of the Mon Health medical park – really bare bones: concrete floor, […]
University announces new options for majors
WVU Today To meet West Virginia’s growing demand for mental health and addiction professionals, West Virginia University will launch a new undergraduate major in mental health and […]
West Virginia-based mental health service sees increase in calls to emotional strength line
A West Virginia-based mental health service launched an emotional strength line last year to help West Virginians facing mental health challenges, including stress and emotional fatigue. First […]
Study shows consequences of e-cig usage
WVU Today Just as e-cigarette ingredients can vary from one region to another, the health effects of vaping can have regional characteristics as well. A new study […]
Respect yourself and others
Discussing the importance of getting STD tested is not exactly office talk. But maybe it should be. That stigma and embarrassment helps contribute to statistics such as […]
Drive-thru Clinic for Vax
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Pantry Plus More and Monongalia County Health Department partnered to host a drive-thru vaccine clinic during the nonprofit’s regular Saturday food distribution for students and their […]
New student stress management support available
Newsroom@DominionPost.com In August, First Choice Services launched a new emotional strength line, 1-877-HELP-304, to help West Virginians dealing with a range of stress-related issues and emotional fatigue. […]
‘Beat 588 bad’: Justice wants to convince vaccine holdouts to get theirs so the masks can come off
MORGANTOWN — A Wednesday COVID-19 briefing abuzz with numbers yielded a new slogan from Gov. Jim Justice: “Beat 588 bad.” That’s a number floated by a reporter […]
Mon County, Morgantown-Fairmont among nation’s cleanest for air pollution in American Lung Association 2021 report
MORGANTOWN – The Morgantown-Fairmont Metropolitan Statistical Area ranks among the nation’s cleanest cities for ozone and short-term particle air pollution in American Lung Association’s 2021 State of […]