MORGANTON — Testing, testing, testing. That was pretty much the sole topic of Gov. Jim Justice’s Monday COVID-19 briefing. Monday saw two counties in the red and five in the […]
Healthcare
Tick borne illnesses on the rise in Preston
KINGWOOD — Preston County Health Officer Dr. Fred Conley said Lyme disease is on the rise in Preston County. Conley said there were seven cases in July 2018 and five […]
Workshops help service members, veterans, families
Topics include stress solutions, communication Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — The American Red Cross will host a series of virtual workshops — live, interactive and virtual — facilitated by Red Cross mental […]
No Appointment Necessary
Walk-ins received free COVID-19 testing Friday Newsroom@DominionPost.com The WVU Rec Center transformed into a COVID-19 testing site Friday, as the Monongalia County Health Department encouraged residents to show up, whether […]
Harvard researcher criticizes West Virginia COVID map while CDC copies it
MORGANOTWN — A Harvard University professor has criticized West Virginia’s color-coded COVID map while the U.S. CDC has copied it. The two bits of news on Friday, tied in with […]
Mon Health holds a ribbon cutting for new physicians building in Fairmont
Mon Health Primary Care, Cardiology is expanding its footprint in Marion County with a ribbon cutting of its new location in the Fairmont Technology Park. “The residents of Marion County […]
Game Changer youth substance abuse program to hold Monday virtual summit for W.Va. students
MORGANTOWN — Game Changer, the statewide substance misuse prevention program for high schoolers, is going national. Its first virtual Opioid Awareness and Substance Misuse Summit air live from five locations […]
Officials say data shows WVU COVID-19 cases haven’t resulted in community spike
MORGANTOWN — The numbers don’t lie. And the numbers support the change in how isolated WVU students are being weighed against Monongalia County’s overall COVID-19 statistics. That was the crux […]
COVID-positive WVU students isolated at Arnold Apartments will count as 1 case for Mon County’s map status
MORGANTOWN — WVU students isolated in Arnold Apartments for COVID-19 will be counted as a single COVID case. The was the bottom line of lengthy discussion offered by Gov. Jim […]
COVID maps get new gold color and additional parameter; news on counting WVU infections expected Wednesday
MORGANTOWN — The color-coded County Alert System and School Alert System maps has a fifth color effective Tuesday: gold. Gov. Jim Justice introduced his idea to have gold fall between […]
