Questions range from general tips to workplace safety Fewer than 15 minutes after the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources opened its Coronavirus Hotline, the […]
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Mon Health allows homemade masks
Employees may wear face coverings in designated areas Hospitals making up the Mon Health System are now allowing employees to wear homemade masks in designated areas during […]
Chestnut Ridge pastor talks about recovering from COVID-19
It is going to be a different kind of Easter for Kevin Deming, his wife Becca and their two sons, David and Micah. Deming, 47, a pastor […]
Not a typical Public Health Week
It’s ironic that National Public Health Week is winding down today, just as the COVID-19 pandemic is really ramping up in West Virginia. Usually at Monongalia County […]
Justice adds 4 more counties to list with additional COVID-19 restrictions; orders $100K county block grants for ‘hero pay’
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Friday added four more counties to his executive order list imposing additional restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus: Wayne, Wood, […]
WVU, Mon Health CON applications completed
The West Virginia Health Authority said Certificate of Need applications by Mon Heath System and WVU Health System to build separate full-service hospitals in Marion County are […]
Alecto agrees to pay employees paid-time off
The owner of the now shuttered Fairmont Regional Medical Center agreed to pay nearly $1 million in paid-time off to employees affected by the closure. The announcement […]
Sundale reports second death related to COVID-19
MORGANTOWN — Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care in Morgantown reported its second COVID-19 related death Wednesday afternoon. Carl Shrader, Sundale medical director and WVU Medicine physician, said […]
Lilly offers $35 insulin co-pay program
MORGANTOWN — Lilly, one of three pharmaceutical companies that make insulin, announced this week that it has created a Lilly Insulin Value Program that will allow the […]
Mylan donating 10 million tablets of possible COVID-19 drug for FDA investigation
MORGANTOWN — Mylan announced on Wednesday that it is donating 10 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine sulfate, 200mg, to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for […]