Health officials are asking individuals who have received their COVID-19 vaccines to cancel any extra vaccine appointments they may have made. Dr. Todd Karpinski, vice president and chief pharmacy officer […]
Health and Sciences
Postcast 66 – April 9, 2021
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Vax clinic has hours expanded
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Operating hours at the Greater Monongalia County COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at the former Sears location at Morgantown Mall have been expanded to provide easier access to those who need […]
House Judiciary tweaks some flaws from needle exchange bill, sends it to full House
MORGANTOWN — House Judiciary on Wednesday took up the ever-morphing bill to license needle exchange programs and offered a rewrite to remove some provisions physicians and pubic health officials worried […]
Divided House of Delegates OKs bill to allow school boards to post financial statements online; adopts amendment extending TANF drug testing pilot
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates barely passed a bill on Tuesday allowing school boards to post financial statements online – over objections the state’s spotty broadband will disenfranchise many […]
Take Me Home Transition Program changes eligibility to help more residents leave facilities
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Medical Services recently announced federal changes to the Take Me Home Transition Program to expand program […]
In Pursuit of Pathogens
WVU Today In a time when most people are avoiding diseases like the plague, one West Virginia University biology student is pursuing them instead. Oxford, Pa., native Jessica Towey researches […]
Private support aids WVU in study of COVID-19 variants
WVU Today Private philanthropic support is driving timely COVID-19 research by West Virginia University — along with partners at Marshall University and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human […]
Patients need Hopemont to stay open, delegates say
KINGWOOD – A bill (HB 2626) introduced Feb. 18 by the House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee in an effort to close four state-owned hospitals, one of which […]
6 sober living homes receive state certification
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Six sober living homes for individuals in recovery from substance use disorder have received state certification. West Virginia Sober Living has recovery homes in Monongalia and Kanawha counties, with […]
