MORGANTOWN — Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia, Inc. is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations for the following grant programs: Stephen D. Tanner Children’s Enrichment […]
Tag: COVID-19
The nose knows: WVU scientists developing nasal mist vaccine targeting the COVID-19 virus
MORGANTOWN — The only approved way to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is through a good ol’ shot in the arm. Eventually, West Virginia University medical researchers could […]
W.Va. among the nation’s worst. What else is new?
West Virginia passed a grim milestone Thursday: We surpassed 3,000 deaths in the Mountain State. It’s hard to believe six months ago, West Virginia had one of […]
A look at what ‘mild COVID’ was like for me
by Rebekah Maher When I woke up with pressure in my sinuses and a sore throat the morning of July 27, I was convinced it was a […]
Nursing home concerned how vaccine mandate will impact staffing
MORGANTOWN — The Biden administration announced Wednesday a new mandate that would present an ultimatum to several long-term care nursing homes: get employees vaccinated or lose federal […]
Area residents don’t think incentives affect people’s decision whether to be vaccinated
Just when West Virginians may have thought they’d seen the last of the prizes Babydog had to offer, Gov. Jim Justice announced a new round of vaccine […]
Health officer addresses vaccination question
MORGANTOWN — Receiving a COVID-19 vaccination will not prevent you from getting COVID-19. Despite months of talk about population vaccination percentages and returning to a semblance of […]
Do It For Babydog Round 2 offers new set of vaccine incentive prizes; first drawing to be Aug. 31
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced Do It For Babydog Round 2 on Friday. As before, the goal is to get younger residents vaccinated, he said. “We’ll […]
W.Va.’s new COVID milestone: Deaths from disease top 3,000
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia marked a sad milestone Thursday as COVID-19 deaths topped 3,000 in the state — at 3,0001. With the more infectious, deadlier Delta variant […]
Skepticism can make you blind
They told them they had bad blood. What they actually had was syphilis, but the U.S. Public Health Service never shared that diagnosis with the almost 400 […]
