The United States has reached a devastating milestone: We’ve lost more Americans to COVID-19 than we lost to the influenza pandemic of 1918. As of this writing, […]
Tag: COVID-19
Justice again says we’re near Delta peak: Get vaccinated, get the booster
MORGANTOWN — A few of the COVID numbers dipped back downward Wednesday and Gov. Jim Justice expressed some optimism. “We think we’re at the peak level,” he […]
Mon students are making the grade better in W.Va., local district reports
Courtney Whitehead spends her days dancing with data in Monongalia County’s school district. At Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting, she got to perform a love song. […]
Preston BOE works out COVID plan
KINGWOOD — Preston County students will keep their masks on through October. After that, it depends. The county’s Board of Education spent over an hour with two […]
COVID a consistent fact in Mon schools
MORGANTOWN — It was business as usual in Monongalia County schools last week. Students shuffled in for class and teachers worked from their lesson plans. Football teams […]
West Virginia likely past Delta case peak; ICU cases still on the rise
MORGANTOWN — For the first time in weeks, many of West Virginia’s COVID statistics are trending down. “It seems like we’re just holding, we’re in a hold […]
Biden’s unforced COVID miscues
A more competent COVID-19 control plan driven by expertise, not politics, was one of President Joe Biden’s key 2020 campaign promises. But two unforced pandemic management errors […]
Mon Health offers monoclonal antibody infusions effective against Delta variant
MORGANTOWN — Mon Health System offers on-site COVID-19 testing at each of its hospitals and on-site COVID-19 vaccinations at each of its hospitals and primary care clinics. […]
W.Va. Department of Education receives funds to increase wellness support for students
MORGANTOWN — A multi-million-dollar federal award will assist the West Virginia Department of Education to increase mental health supports for children.The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services […]
Hospitals are in crisis
It was hard to watch our last home football game. Not just because the Mountaineers almost gave the game away (thank goodness for the defense), but because […]
