MORGANTOWN – Supply-chain problems have been a daily topic of discussion during the pandemic. But a reader's difficulties in getting a refill on a simple and inexpensive medication led The Dominion Post to learn that drug shortages are not uncommon, or new. The medication in question ...
Emergency. Medical. Services. They are an essential community resource and one many expect is guaranteed like police and non-volunteer fire services. However, EMS crews in West Virginia are not typically (or at least solely) government- or taxpayer-funded. Monongalia EMS, which ...
MORGANTOWN – Active COVID cases took a steady rise from the end of April to mid-May, soaring from 809 on April 30 to 2,570 on May 21. Since then the number has dipped a bit, to 2,117 Thurs morning. So vaccines and boosters occupied a portion of Gov. Jim Justice's Thursday briefing. The ...
MORGANTOWN — When it comes to the state’s 2022 county health rankings, it’s a good news, bad news situation. Monongalia County is No. 1 in a state that’s ... decidedly not. That, in a nutshell, is how Monongalia County Health Department Epidemiologist Luke Moore explained the rankings, which list counties based on health factors and health outcomes. “Health outcomes” is evenly divided between length of life and quality of life. “Health factors” is more nuanced, and made up of: Social and economic factors (40% — education, employment, income, family ...
WESTOVER — Verano Holdings held the grand opening of its second local Zen Leaf medical cannabis dispensary on Friday. Zen Leaf Westover is at 871 Fairmont Road, in the new strip building that also houses Subway, China Wok, The Soda Shop and J&D Bar-B-Q. “We are excited to open ...
MORGANTOWN – Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a $161,531,000 settlement with drug manufacturers Teva and Allergan on Wednesday. He spelled out the details in a press release and press conference. “This is a great day for West Virginia,” he said, calling it “the ...
