In response to the effort made by nursing homes in West Virginia to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on their patients and residents, Gov. Jim Justice approved […]
Healthcare
Justice orders COVID-19 testing at all assisted living facilities, residential care communities and for daycare staff
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced a new executive order during his Wednesday coronavirus press briefing. With the nursing home testing completed, he’s ordering testing at all […]
Sundale confirms death of resident
Sundale Rehabilitation and Long Term Care facility in Morgantown confirmed a 100-year-old female resident of the facility died late last week of COVID-19, its fifth virus-related death […]
Justice promises Wednesday update on COVID-19 data and work group for African-American communities
MORGANTOWN — After fielding questions from The Dominion Post and another media outlet, Gov. Jim Justice promised on Tuesday that his team will have a report Wednesday […]
Rural hospitals in state to get help
Emergency funds part of Coronavirus federal relief act West Virginia hospitals, especially those in rural areas, will receive $159.6 million in emergency funds, part of the distribution […]
State will keep feeding kids through the summer; fed COVID aid will give eligible kids $300 food cards
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s hungry kids will be taken care of through the summer, Gov. Jim Justice and his team announced during Monday’s coronavirus press briefing. The […]
MHS graduate, resident physician details experience
By Neha Gupta Submitted to The Dominion Post Denial March 25-30 — Body aches, fatigue, excessive sleeping — all of those symptoms have to be from being […]
Manchin fields COVID-19 questions in Facebook town hall
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., held a short town hall meeting on Facebook on Friday to field some constituent questions on coronavirus issues. About 1,600 people […]
Justice remains hopeful as state budget hole grows; counting on CARES Act money to backfill
MORGANTOWN — Much of Gov. Jim Justice’s Friday coronavirus press briefing focused on the state budget, but he and COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh did offer a couple […]
Justice to lift stay-at-home order on Monday; replace it with ‘Safer at Home’
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday that as Week 2 of his The Comeback plan begins Monday, he’ll be lifting his stay-at-home order and replacing it […]