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Getting to the root of the problem with Mon Health — John’s story

John Ellis has spent much of his adult life working in the power industry, which has involved lots of ladder climbing, spending time in ash or coal dust filled spaces, and plenty of hard work.  For many years, Ellis has experienced respiratory issues and would come down with bronchitis twice each year. Being a hard worker, he often pushed through his breathing issues. He visited a few healthcare providers that each gave him an inhaler and some steroids, which would ease his symptoms for about three weeks, before he would go back to breathing poorly and coughing.   It ...

MCHD outlines services in first of two town halls

Did you know that if you attend a WVU football game, a team from Monongalia County Health Department walks around the crowd and conducts scanning to look for radiation threats?   “It’s so sensitive that sometimes it will pick up people who have been treated recently for cancer,” Dr. Huggins said during a presentation Wednesday evening at the Morgantown High School Library.  And if you eat in a restaurant in Monongalia County, one of the health departments six or so sanitarians has inspected it — along with pools, hotels, motels, schools, tattoo studios and even ...

Mon Health System celebrates Nurses Week

National Nurses Week is May 6-12 and Mon Health System is honoring its nurses and celebrating “through time” with decade-themed festivities. National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6 and ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. This week ...