Nurse Rachel Childers was in the midst of discussing a patient’s chart, in an authoritative tone with lots of multi-syllabic medical terms, when it happened. Her voice shot up two […]
Health and Sciences
Four in Morgantown under precautionary coronavirus quarantine
MORGANTOWN — According to the Monongalia County Health Department, there are six individuals — including four in the Morgantown area — under a precautionary 14-day self quarantine in response to […]
Preston Memorial Hospital to host health fair Saturday
KINGWOOD — Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital will host a Health Fair from 8-11 a.m. Saturday at the Newburg Senior Center. Free screenings and other services offered will include blood […]
CDC issues health alert updating health care facilities on dealing with 2019-nCoV
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert over the weekend updating health care facilities on dealing with the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This new virus […]
WVU researchers want to reboot whooping cough vaccine
The whooping cough vaccine for babies and young kids — called “DTaP” — came to the United States in 1996. That year, people were still using dial-up internet connections to […]
Free diabetes prevention courses begin Feb. 11
Mon Health Medical Center is providing community members a free diabetes prevention course series. The 24-class series will begin Feb. 11. Classes will be from noon-1 p.m. Tuesdays at the […]
Driven to succeed: WVU’s Amina Kunovac overcomes obstacles to study exercise physiology
As a child growing up in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the late 1990s, Amina Kunovac thought she wanted to be a dentist. “I always loved going to the dentist,” said Kunovac, now […]
Health officials prepare for coronavirus
The Morgantown area remains untouched by the new strain of coronavirus that has killed almost 200 and sickened more than 8,000 people in China. Dr. Lee Smith, executive director of […]
Dr. Raymond to offer free dental services for unemployed on Feb. 14
Morgantown dentist Dr. Dominic J. Raymond II will offer free dentistry at his 56 Mileground Road office to those older than 18, who are without a job and do not […]
Have a Heart campaign to raise awareness, money for West Virginia Caring
West Virginia Caring, formerly Hospice Care Corp., is kicking off its 11th Annual “Have a Heart” fundraiser to increase awareness and raise money for patients who need advanced illness care […]
