130,000 lost insurance during pandemic At the peak of the COVID-19 induced job loss crisis, an estimated 130,000 West Virginians lost their employment-based health insurance. While those […]
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Fauci talks vaccine timeline
Nation’s infectious disease doc delivers at WVU conference A vaccine for COVID-19 may be available before the end of the year, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor […]
Program hopes to turn tide on obesity in kids
Spotting risk factors is key to prevention WVU Today A group of West Virginia University researchers is working to change the narrative on childhood obesity and physical […]
Sheriff Dept. hosts Drug Take Back Day
If you have unneeded, unwanted or expired prescriptions at home but are unsure how to best dispose of them, you’ll have the opportunity to do so safely […]
200K could lose ACA insurance
If the Affordable Care Act is overturned, nearly 200,000 West Virginians would lose their health care insurance and 16,000 jobs in the state would be lost. These […]
Transplant program fills need in state
WVU Medicine Jeremy Cushwa isn’t the type of guy to back down from a challenge. Diagnosed with renal failure nearly five years ago, Cushwa, 31, began a […]
Collaboration earns $1.35M grant to reduce impact of substance abuse
WVU Today McDowell County — in the southern coalfields of West Virginia — is the second-most at-risk in the nation for an HIV outbreak related to drug […]
Catholic Charities W.Va. wins $333K Innovation Challenge
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Catholic Charities West Virginia was announced as the winner of the Catholic Charities USA Social Innovation Challenge. CCWVa will receive a $333,333 grant for its innovative […]
Maintaining mental health during a pandemic
Locals chime in on virus-related coping methods for stress by Olivia Murrayomurray@dominionpost.com In late March, America was caught off-guard by the rapid escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Walk to end Alzheimer’s,
‘The Village People’ kick off annual events held nationally Some residents of The Village at Heritage Point took a very meaningful walk around the main building Thursday […]
