MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday continued his push to get more West Virginians vaccinated, especially those ages 16-35, where the COVID virus is spreading most […]
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More COVID in Mon schools while district readies for fall
Monongalia County school district officials spent most of Tuesday sorting through another spate of COVID cases that impacted students and staffers across five schools. “We were busy,” […]
Gov. Justice puts up $100 savings bonds as incentive to get shots
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice Monday appealed to patriotism and love of state in asking West Virginia’s 16- to 35-year-olds for their assistance in boosting vaccination numbers. […]
April 25 letters to the editor
Bill is gov. overreach into patients’ lives The so-called “Second Chance at Life Act” (HB 2982) that is on its way to Gov. Justice’s desk is clearly […]
Long-haul COVID-19 can offer clues for other illnesses
by Leroy Hood Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, doctors began seeing puzzling symptoms in patients that lasted well beyond the initial infection period. These COVID-19 […]
Justice rolls out ‘Beat 588 … Bad’ program to convince the vaccine avoiders to get vaccinated
MORGANTOWN — “Beat 588 … Bad” has transformed from a slogan jotted on a piece of notebook paper Wednesday to a full-blown program to try to get […]
‘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 […]
Vaccine crisis isn’t J&J or AstraZeneca
by David Fickling To judge by the headlines, you’d think the most critical immunization issue facing the world is the safety and hesitancy concerns over the AstraZeneca […]
MHS students, families to receive first Pfizer dose Wednesday
MORGANTOWN — Roughly 300 students, plus family members, will queue up Wednesday at Morgantown High School for their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine. With this school […]
Justice to sign executive order lifting many of his 91 pandemic orders; mask mandate to remain in place
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday that he’s issuing a new executive order undoing many of the previous 91 he issued since March 2020 to respond […]
