WVU TODAY A West Virginia University student tested positive for monkeypox on Wednesday. The patient, who resides off-campus, has been seen by health care providers, and is […]
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Important things to know about monkeypox
With almost 17,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox, including four in West Virginia (at the time of this writing), and Morgantown’s Pride events kicking off this weekend, it’s […]
Monkeypox 101: What you need to know about the latest public health emergency
In order to spread awareness of the increasing number of monkeypox cases worldwide, the World Health Organization declared the virus a public health emergency of international concern […]
Health Department offering monkeypox vaccine clinic
Monongalia County Health Department has received its first shipment of the JYNNEOS vaccine, which has emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to […]
Amjad: State still awaits news on omicron-selective COVID vaccine; one monkeypox case confirmed in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN — Public Health Commissioner Ayne Amjad said her office is receiving many questions about the omicron-selective vaccines coming to West Virginia. She fielded questions about that […]
Public health officials ‘nervous’ about flu after two years of COVID-19 precautions
MORGANTOWN — After two years on the sidelines, the flu is once again ready for primetime, with COVID-19 precautions cast in a supporting role. During Thursday’s meeting […]
Why are we botching the monkeypox response? Blame homophobia
by Anita Chabria California state Sen. Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco, was at a birthday gathering of mostly gay men recently when the conversation turned to […]
School and health officials here keeping an eye on COVID, monkeypox
For Donna Talerico and Dr. Lee B. Smith, the summer of late has been an avalanche of good news — and relatively good news. Talerico serves as […]
