MORGANTOWN — COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are available to select populations across the United States, and several locations in the Morgantown and surrounding area are available to […]
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Equipment donation to WVU Cancer Institute provides non-opioid pain relief
MORGANTOWN — The WVU Cancer Institute is exploring a non-opioid alternative to relieve chronic pain caused by cancer treatments thanks to a generous equipment donation from The […]
Hospitals are in crisis
It was hard to watch our last home football game. Not just because the Mountaineers almost gave the game away (thank goodness for the defense), but because […]
WVU Medicine, Mon Health optimistic about staff complying with vaccine mandates
MORGANTOWN — President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates have garnered some negative response among health care workers across the country, so The Dominion Post contacted WVU Medicine and […]
WVU Medicine program designed to reduce barriers to care
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine is implementing a new program through its electronic medical record system, EPIC, to help address social determinants of health, or barriers, that affect […]
WVU Medicine announces crisis-level standard of care
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine is now operating at a crisis-level standard of care, according to a social media announcement from the hospital. This standard of care is […]
The hubris of a super-spreader event held in a hospital’s shadow
Normally, we look forward to the first WVU home football game of the season, but this year, we’re looking on with more trepidation than anything else. At […]
WVU Medicine encourages patient use of local urgent care centers
WVU Medicine As COVID-19 cases across the state and country continue to rise, WVU Medicine Emergency Medicine encourages those seeking treatment to use local urgent care centers […]
Gastroenterologist performs first fecal microbiota transplant at Ruby Memorial
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital gastroenterologist Dr. Asad Pervez performed the hospital’s first fecal microbiota transplant Aug. 19. Fecal microbiota transplant is a treatment […]
Mon Commission weighing mandatory vaccination for county employees
MORGANTOWN -— Members of the Monongalia County Commission said Wednesday that the body is considering mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for county employees. This comes one week after the […]
