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 […]
Tag: public health
Faulty heater causes carbon monoxide leak at Trinity
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Classes resumed Thursday at Trinity Christian School, after a carbon monoxide leak earlier in the week sent some students and staffers to the hospital. Superintendent Matthew […]
COVID tracking efforts emphasize need for investment in public health
WVU Today While most people go years without needing the smoke detectors in their homes, they would never choose to get rid of a device that saves […]
Rapid HIV tests offered at health department clinic
As with many tasks in life, when it comes to HIV testing, the waiting is sometimes the hardest part. That’s one reason why Dec. 1 will be […]
Guest essay: Where climate change intersects with public health
by Dr. Ken Hilsbos As a Fairmont physician, I am worried for my community. I am now seeing an alarming number of patients suffer heart attacks, strokes, […]
Health Right hopeful public sharps containers will be up soon
MORGANTOWN — In October of 2019, former Milan Puskar Health Right Peer Recovery Coach Dani Ludwig approached Morgantown City Council about the placement of sharps containers in […]
Lyme disease on the rise
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Dr. Mark E. Rogers has recently seen as many as four cases of Lyme disease daily at WVU Urgent Care at Suncrest Towne Centre, one indication […]
Scope of WVU health major broadens to include infectious diseases
MORGANTOWN — As COVID-19 and its variants continue to spread throughout the country, workplace safety has taken on a new meaning. West Virginia University’s Master of Science […]
Connected epidemics: HIV and opioids
WVU Today Long before COVID-19 entered the picture, West Virginia had been battling two other major public health crises: Opioids and HIV. Dr. Sally Hodder, a leading […]
School of Public Health mask study
83.9% of those on WVU campus wore coverings WVU Today The West Virginia University School of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded their […]
