Results expected to continue to arrive through August Newsroom@DominionPost.com FAIRMONT — Marion County Health Department and Fairmont State University have concluded their first phase of free on-campus testing for COVID-19. […]
Healthcare
Justice annouces new school mask requirements, tweak for small counties for County Alert System
MORGANTOWN — Two changes to the color-coded County Alert System map for schools were unveiled Friday during the governor’s CVID-19 briefing. First, mask wearing has been expanded, Gov. Jim Justice […]
Mon Health gathers thousands of hygiene items for local students
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Mon Health Medical Center employees collected thousands of hygiene products to be included in bags donated to local children in Monongalia County Schools as part of an annual partnership […]
First case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children confirmed
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has confirmed that a West Virginia child has been diagnosed with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. This is the […]
Albert Wright, David Goldberg elected to WV Hospital Assocation posts
MORGANTOWN — WVU Health System’s Albert Wright and Mon Health System’s David Goldberg have been named to posts on the West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) Board of Trustees. Wright, president […]
Morrisey files suits against opioid distributors Walmart and CVS
MORGANTOWN — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday filed two more lawsuits against opioid distributors. In June he sued Walgreens and Rite Aid in Putnam County Circuit Court. The new […]
Justice tweaks school re-entry color scales to narrow green and yellow, more closely match Harvard scale
MORGANTOWN — The color-coded school re-entry metric announced Friday has undergone its first tweak, with some tightening of the numbers for the green and yellow categories. Gov. Jim Justice prefaced […]
MCHD-Grindr campaign wins national award
Services teamed up to warn about syphilis outbreaks in area Newsroom@DominionPost.com When Monongalia County Health Department was alerted to a syphilis outbreak in spring 2019, Dr. Lee B. Smith, MCHD’s […]
WVU study: Gaiters are helpful in containing wearers’ exhaled droplets
WVU Today Experts with the West Virginia University Center for Inhalation Toxicology found that – assuming it’s a good fit – a gaiter will, despite recent reports, provide a respiratory […]
Mon Health and Fairmont State announce F2M Partnership
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Mon Health System and Fairmont State University recently launched the Mon Health Scholars Program & the F2M Partnership. The new partnership between Fairmont State University’s School of Nursing and […]
