As summer winds down and students gear up for the next school year, Mon Health’s Primary Care providers share information to ensure students are healthy and back-to-school […]
Tag: vaccinations
West Virginia Department of Health highlights importance of back-to-school immunizations
As the new school year approaches, the West Virginia Department of Health (DH) underscores the importance of ensuring students are up to date on their immunizations. […]
Educators, healthcare providers urge governor to veto school vaccination exemption bill
A coalition of education and healthcare organizations has been coordinating to encourage Gov. Jim Justice to veto a bill that would loosen some vaccination standards in West […]
How measles reemerged as a threat
by Abraar Karan and Julie Parsonnet The measles virus is resurging in the U.S. despite the long-standing availability of a vaccine that provides nearly life-long immunity. In […]
Catholic schools will require vaccines
If private and parochial schools are allowed to set their own immunization policies under new legislation, West Virginia’s Catholic schools would continue to abide by existing standards. […]
Bloom: HB 5105 a threat to West Virginia public schools
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said he’s normally not one to take a public stance on the various bills being debated in Charleston. Wednesday was […]
Celebrate your holidays safely
This week marks the one-year anniversary since Americans began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. It seemed like a light at the end of the tunnel and a great […]
Justice: West Virginia headed for a ‘catastrophe’ if more people don’t get vaccinated, boosters
MORGANTOWN — With winter on its way — temps are expected to dip into the 30s as early as this weekend, with snow flurries in the forecast […]
COVID survivor shares testimonial during governor’s press briefing
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice broke with routine to open his press briefing Monday morning, preempting the regular reading of the latest COVID deaths with two other […]
Justice again says we’re near Delta peak: Get vaccinated, get the booster
MORGANTOWN — A few of the COVID numbers dipped back downward Wednesday and Gov. Jim Justice expressed some optimism. “We think we’re at the peak level,” he […]
