Breaking News

WVU Medicine welcomes new Project SEARCH cohort

MORGANTOWN -- WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital welcomed its second cohort of Project SEARCH interns Aug. 30. Five interns from Monongalia, Marion, and Taylor counties are participating in the program this year. Project SEARCH is an international transition program that has ...

Researchers aim to make identifying autism easier via artificial intelligence

MORGANTOWN -- Characterizing an autism patient’s behavior can be challenging, but West Virginia University researchers aim to make identification easier by conducting the first systematic study toward autism spectrum disorder phenotyping using behavior-tracking technology. Phenotyping is ...

Preston Commission meets with EMS providers

KINGWOOD -- Leaders from four EMS services in Preston County met with the Preston County Commission to discuss their immediate and future needs at a work session last week. The purpose of the meeting was to make the commission aware of the needs of the EMS services, said Commissioner Dave ...

A crash course in stopping for pedestrians

On my way to work earlier this week, I obeyed traffic laws and stopped for a pedestrian — who appeared to be a WVU student. She had activated the crosswalk lights at the intersection of Falling Run and University Avenue and watched as cars continued to zip by her. Only after I stopped ...

MCHD’S Dr. Lee B. Smith Travels to Chernobyl 

Augmenting radiation training,  skills intended to help  Mon Co. Newsroom@DominionPost.com  Dr. Lee B. Smith spent five days in late June, dosimeter in hand, measuring radiation levels inside the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine and the surrounding area, known as ...