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 the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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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 at Chestnut Ridge […]
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 Health Department, we […]
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, Cabell and Ohio. […]
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 complete. The next […]
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 was made Wednesday […]
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 the female resident, […]
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 commercially insured and […]
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 possible use as […]
Justice adds Marion County to COVID-19 hot spot list and executive order with extra restrictions
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice added Marion County to the list of state COVID-19 hot spots Wednesday and announced during his daily press briefing that he was expanding his executive […]
