Ayne Amjad, West Virginia’s state medical officer, said she doesn’t believe COVID-19 is a particularly deadly illness. What is deadly, she continued, is our inability to fully understand and fight […]
Healthcare
Tips for helping contact tracers
A lot has happened since the last health department column appeared in these pages two weeks ago. Then, it was reported that the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Monongalia […]
Aull About History 5 – The Vagabonds
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Justice dismisses claim that COVID-19 no worse than the flu
MORGANTOWN — Anyone spending time on social media will inevitably encounter varying degrees of skepticism about the COVID-19 pandemic. At its most extreme are those who say it’s all manufactured […]
State numbers grow worse but optimism remains at governor’s office; death toll reaches 100
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s COVID-19 death toll reached 100 Friday morning. Gov. Jim Justice remarked on it at the start of his Friday briefing. “Our numbers continue in not the […]
Legislators explain why statewide COVID-19 mask order has no teeth
MORGANTOWN — When Gov. Jim Justice announced his statewide mask mandate on July 6, he made it clear he had no plans to enforce it. That left many scratching their […]
State leaders, legislators air concerns, hopes for next federal COVID-19 aid package during Manchin virtual feedback session
MORGANTOWN — Inadequate broadband, still-struggling businesses and the governor’s one-man control of federal CARES Act money were among the issues state leaders and legislators raised with Sen. Joe Manchin during […]
Weekend softball tournament flouts guidelines
Sanitarian insists on mask wearing and social distancing A softball tournament held in and around Morgantown over this past weekend did not always practice social distancing or enforce mask wearing. […]
Justice rejects legislative requests for COVID-19 special session
MORGANTOWN — With no new pandemic-related announcements coming from the governor on Wednesday, a portion of his afternoon briefing was devoted to his response to growing calls for a COVID-19 […]
Employees required to monitor symptoms
Additional details to be made public Thursday West Virginia University announced Tuesday it will require all faculty and staff who will be returning to campus for the fall semester to […]
