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. […]
Healthcare
‘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 […]
WVU helps those with SUD in the southern part of state
WVU Today For the past decade, hope has been in short supply for many southern West Virginians. The Mountain State has led the nation in drug overdoses, […]
W.Va. true crime podcast covers mysterious deaths of two Pocahontas County men
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia-based production company Veritas Underground Media launched the first episode of the true crime podcast “Buried, Not Forgotten,” Wednesday, about the mysterious deaths of […]
WVU Medicine talks transplants, raises awareness during National Donate Life Month
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine joins the Center for Organ Recovery and Education to raise awareness about organ, tissue, and cornea donation and to inspire everyone to register […]
Mon Health hospitals to raise flags in recognition of National Donate Life Month
MORGANTOWN — April is National Donate Life Month, a time to applaud the generosity of those who have saved lives by becoming organ, eye, tissue, marrow and […]
How the needle exchange bill diverges from CDC guidance, and what needle exchanges can accomplish
MORGANTOWN — The CDC offers an abundance of resources and guidance for syringe service programs — SSPs, or needle exchanges. Many elements of SB 334, which the […]
Morgantown social worker fears needle exchange bill will harm her clients
MORGANTOWN — Opposition to the needle exchange licensing bill on the verge of becoming law extends right down to the people on the ground who work with […]
As vaccine pace slackens, Justice and team urge West Virginians not to quit before the race is won
MORGANTOWN — COVID variants and the slackening pace of vaccinations in the state occupied most of Friday’s COVID-19 briefing from the Capitol. Gov. Jim Justice summed up […]
