One of the lingering — and potentially disastrous — effects of the COVID pandemic is that more parents are reluctant to have their children vaccinated against what […]
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WVU Medicine Children’s leader speaks on medical community’s opposition to vaccine exemption bill in state Senate
MORGANTOWN – At least nine bills concerning compulsory vaccinations are in the legislative can this session. One in particular has raised concerns in the medical community and […]
West Virginia leads the nation in childhood immunizations. Let’s keep kids protected
by Charles J. Mullett, Kathryn S. Moffett and Lisa M. Costello West Virginia has long led the nation in an important public health measure: school-age immunization rates. […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid Pt. 4
Good: SB 489, establishing that “All county boards of education shall make feminine hygiene products, as defined in this section, available to female students, attending public school, […]
Get vaccinated as winter illness threat grows
Your lifetime risk of dying in a destructive storm is minimal: 1 in 35,074, according to the National Safety Council. You’re much more likely to die by […]
Experts share information to prevent possible ‘tridemic’
WVU TODAY A steady increase in respiratory illnesses across the United States as winter approaches is leading health experts at West Virginia University and elsewhere to warn […]
The ravages of long COVID are coming into focus
It’s becoming clearer that, even in the unlikely event that we somehow, someday manage to eradicate COVID-19 and its many variants, we can’t wipe clean the enormous […]
Next year’s hottest accessory: iron lungs
Children — some as young as toddlers just learning to walk, some well into their adolescence — with metal braces caging each leg, crutches tucked up under […]
Vaccine disruptions, mistrust ramping up measles risk
by Saad B. Omer Pandemics have consequences beyond the death and disease directly caused by the novel pathogen. In the 1918 influenza pandemic, more deaths were caused […]
Testing, vaccines to move to MCHD
After holding court (literally) at the WVU Rec Center since September 2020, Monongalia County Health Department will move its COVID-19 testing and vaccines to its headquarters at […]
